Comments on: Urban mining – there’s gold in that there techno-junk

By: Leslie Davis (@davis_leslie)

Leslie Davis (@davis_leslie) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:43:57 +0000

I recently saw some pieces on shows like CNN and the journal with Joan Lunden on PBS that were talking about issues and solutions for industrial recycling. This is an interesting twist that could really become a game changer in the future. Whoever gets in at the beginning of the urban mining will possibly be a part of a new gold rush of sorts. I hope we start implementing such programs early on to reduce our dependence.

By: Mac Tonnies

Mac Tonnies — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:42:39 +0000

“Urban mining.” A but like calling dieting “body hacking.”

By: Andrew Curry

Andrew Curry — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:00:44 +0000

When I was a child, I think ‘urban miners’ were known as ‘rag and bone men’. The BBC had a fine comedy about them, ‘Steptoe and Son’. I expect to see rag and bone men return in cities in the affluent world in the next twenty years.