Recycling: A new source of indispensible 'rare earth' materials mined mainly in China
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 12:31
in Earth & Climate
That axiom of sustainability -- "recycle and reuse" -- could help ease concerns about a reliable supply of substances, indispensible for a modern technological society, that are produced almost exclusively in the Peoples' Republic of China. That's the conclusion of a study on these so-called "rare earth" elements in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.