Gold jewellery made from old phones
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Every year, millions of tonnes of electronic waste including old laptops, mobile phones and televisions are thrown away and end up in landfill. Britain's Royal Mint - whose job it is to make coins for the UK - has found a new way to extract the precious metals from e-waste, into something valuable. It's a pioneering and state-of-the-art technology. Mark Loveridge, commercial director at the UK Royal Mint. joins Nights to talk about the innovation.