WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements, cuts out China

WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements, cuts out China

Western Digital claims it’s saved 47,000 pounds of hard drives from becoming e-waste, creating a system that could help both the planet and U.S. businesses that need to depend less on China.

At-Scale, HDDs Rare Earth Material Capture Program Successfully Launched in United States

Essential to cloud data center infrastructure, HDDs are complex devices that blend material science, mechanical engineering and physics. As part of its innovation, HDDs use a range of rare earth elements (REEs) like Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr) and Dysprosium (Dy), prized for their magnetic properties to help HDDs precisely read and write data. Yet, traditional […] The post At-Scale, HDDs Rare Earth Material Capture Program Successfully Lau…

At-Scale, Hard Disk Drive Rare Earth Material Capture Program Successfully Launched in the United States - Western Digital

Essential to cloud data center infrastructure, hard disk drives (HDDs) are complex devices that blend material science, mechanical engineering and physics. As part of its innovation, HDDs use a range of rare earth elements (REEs) like Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr) and Dysprosium (Dy), prized for their magnetic properties to help HDDs precisely read and write data. Yet, traditional recycling methods recover only a fraction of these valuable m…

Partnership to capture rare earth elements from disk drives

Circular recycling program using environmentally friendly chemistry to boost critical rare earth reserves and supply chains. The post Partnership to capture rare earth elements from disk drives appeared first on eeNews Europe.