A U.S. pilot project led by Western Digital and Microsoft shows how recycled hard drives could secure America's tech future.

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Western Digital has developed a way to mine old hard drives for rare earth elements, which promises to ease the tech industry’s dependence on carbon-heavy mining. A Western Digital white paper ...

Mining old hard drives for rare earth elements could facilitate 'large-scale, domestic recycling,' and ease US reliance on ...

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