We talk a lot about how mercury recycling leads to a cleaner environment by reducing the amount of mercury containing waste that gets thrown away, but recycling also reduces the environmental contamination associated with mining mercury-containing ore (see image) in the first place. Writing in Waste Management World, Christer Sundberg of Swedish company MRT System International AB examines some of the issues.
Global Changes in supply and demand for mercury
With the introduction of the Minamata convention there is a need to understand the global changes in supply and demand for mercury. Current estimates suggest
