Are there any precious metals in old computer motherboard?

Some people might not know that waste circuit board is a recyclable resource, so many people will directly discard old computer motherboard. In fact, there are many precious metals in old computer motherboard that can be recycled, It mainly be distributed on the PCB board.

For normal PCB boards such as computer motherboard, it include 40% metal materials and 60% resin fiber. By estimate, for 1 ton computer circuit boards, it contains 0.5kg gold, 130kg copper, 10kg iron, 60kg Plumbum, 40kg tin, 36kg nickel, 40kg antimony and some other rare precious metals, like Platinum, palladium, etc. So there are precious metals in old computer motherboard.

Precious metals in computer motherboard

How to remove metals from the old computer motherboard? Usually people use burning method and water wash method, but it will cause pollution to water and air. But right now, we have a brand new dry type physical separation method, which is to use the PCB recycling machine to separate metal and non-metal from the PCB board. The process of PCB recycling machine without using fire, water or chemical, thus no secondary waste, total friendly to the environment.

PCB recycling machine

The separated metals and resin fiber from waste computer motherboard can be sold on the market or used for producing new products. The price of copper on the market can be sold to $ 7, no to mention precious metals in old computer motherboard such as platinum and palladium.

There are twenty to fifty million ton e-waste every year been created in the world, If you use train to carry it, it can circle the earth, and not only developed country create e-waste but also developing country. Imagine how many is that, so the precious metals inside the old computers can bring people high profits.

After you read this article, I believe that you have a new understanding of waste computer motherboard, if you want to recover precious metals in old computer motherboard, you can send E-mail to us, Or you can consult our professional engineers and specialized sales team by leaving a message in below form.