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Hospital trash hides millions in gold.
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--- FOOTAGE CREDITS (Educational Fair Use) ---
• Footage courtesy: Mike's Micro Scrapping (@MicroScraprMike) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWgbtfUJ9Ps
• Footage courtesy: Rusted N Busted Restorations (@TheOldBodyGuy) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHfTd4Dx650
• Footage courtesy: Factory Flow Files (@FactoryFlowFiles) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPOhDTZCc8

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00:00Discarded medical electronics yield millions in recoverable gold within Swiss recycling facilities.
00:06Discarded medical lasers and pacemakers contain microscopic platinum components
00:11that traditional chemical baths often fail to recover.
00:14Metal scrap enters the specialized plasma furnace,
00:18melting rapidly under extreme electrical arcs, exceeding several thousand degrees.
00:23High-temperature plasma arcs melting recovers valuable precious metals from discarded medical equipment,
00:29extracting millions from electronic waste.
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