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Royal Mint: UK’s coin maker turning e-waste into gold

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Royal Mint has built a large industrial plant on its site in Llantrisant , Wales .

The company is processing electronic waste to extract gold from old circuit boards.

The UN says 62m tonnes of e-waste was thrown away in 2022 - a third of it is a growing problem.

Gold is initially being used to craft jewellery and later will be made into commemorative coins.

VR Score

68

Informative language

61

Neutral language

63

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

38

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medium-lived

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