https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/world-ocean-radio-old/43128 World Ocean Radio Podcast en [email protected] https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/radio-item/262-urban-mining <p>Vast amounts of resources are being consumed due to the increasing demand for electrical products and devices. This has led to mining of the ocean floor to recover gold, silver, and other precious metals. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss a recycling alternative to the acquisition of new materials: the mining of e-waste, metals already in the urban stream which become obsolete, get replaced, or are discarded.</p> <p>_____________________________________________________________________</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/radio-item/262-urban-mining" target="_blank">read more</a></p> 5:10 Vast amounts of resources are being consumed due to the increasing demand for electrical products and devices. This has led to mining of the ocean floor to recover gold, silver, and other precious metals. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss a recycling alternative to the acquisition of new materials: the mining of e-waste, metals already in the urban stream which become obsolete, get replaced, or are discarded. _____________________________________________________________________ read more Vast amounts of resources are being consumed due to the increasing demand for electrical products and devices. This has led to mining of the ocean floor to recover gold, silver, and other precious metals. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss a recycling alternative to the acquisition of new materials: the mining of e-waste, metals already in the urban stream which become obsolete, get replaced, or are discarded. _____________________________________________________________________ read more Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:17:54 +0000 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/files/radio/262_Urban%20Mining.mp3