E-waste | Dr Elsayed Oraby
Worried about the ever-increasing amount of e-waste going to landfill? Find out how e-waste is being recycled to remove the rare metals that are worth a fortune.In this episode, Sarah is joined by Associate Professor Elsayed Oraby, a researcher at the WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, to discuss how and why e-waste is recycled.What exactly is e-waste? (00:50)It's obviously a far more environmentally friendly process leaching process that you have helped to develop. How does it compare to the cost of the traditional leaching method? (04:27)What are some of the basic things that we can do to help address the problem of e-waste? (07:50)You're a metallurgical engineer. What brought you to working in the area of e-waste? How did that happen? (11:58)Learn moreImproving the gold-extraction processWasteSorted e-waste grantsEwaste research grant presentationEnvironmentally friendly metal extraction technique wins WA Innovation AwardCleanup e-wasteConnect with our guestsDr Elsayed Oraby is a metallurgical engineer and researcher at the WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, and is passionate about improving the recycling of e-waste.Connect with Elsayed on LinkedIn.Join Curtin UniversityThis podcast is brought to you by Curtin University. Curtin is a global university known for its commitment to making positive change happen through high-impact research, strong industry partnerships and practical teaching.Partner with CurtinStudy a research degreeStart postgraduate educationAny questions or suggestions for future topics?Email thefutureof@curtin.edu.auSocialstwitter.com/curtinunifacebook.com/curtinuniversityinstagram.com/curtinuniversityyoutube.com/user/CurtinUniversitylinkedin.com/school/curtinuniversityTranscriptthefutureof.simplecast.com/episodes/e-waste/transcriptProductionHost: Sarah TaillierExecutive producer: Jarrad LongEpisode researcher: Karen GreenSound recordist: Annabelle FouchardSound editor: Karen GreenSocial media: Amy HoskingMusic: OKAY by 13ounce Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Music promoted by Audio Library.First Nations acknowledgementCurtin University acknowledges the traditional owners
