Additional Precious Metals Can Be Recovered

Abstract

The Federal Government is a large user of items containing gold and silver. in fiscal year (FT) 1976, Federal agencies recovered S20. 2 million in gold and silver from materials used in day-to-day operations. Additional gold and silver estimated at $15.6 million could have been recovered. Demonstration projects have shown that the Department of Defense (LOD) can identify, segregate, and sort gold and silver items in electronic scrap and reclaim them economically. DOD is the largest recoverer of gold.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 28, 1977
Accession Number
AD1178853

Entities

People

  • Fred J. Shafer

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Batch Processing
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Components
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • New Jersey
  • Photographic Materials
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Program Management
  • Supply Depots
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • X Ray Film
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Electrochemical Surface Science
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics