More companies discovering gold in toxic waste


BANGI: More companies in Malaysia are discovering that there is actually gold in toxic waste, and are now extracting the valuable stuff from things that used to be discarded as trash.

Department of Environment (DOE) director-general Datuk Halimah Hassan said there are 153 facilities in Malaysia which are licensed to recover reusable material, including gold and other precious metals, from e-waste which are classified as scheduled waste.

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