The Streets Are Paved With Gold (And Platinum)
An interesting little story from the UK, about how the streets are quite literally spread with platinum and other valuable metals. It’s not quite the same as their being paved with gold but with the right technology it could have similar results:
One of the country’s biggest street cleaning firms has announced it is to “mine” the sweepings it collects from roads and pavements, in search of gold and other precious metals.
Veolia Environmental Services believes it can find at least £1 million worth of materials like platinum, palladium and rhodium from the muck swept up from Britain’s streets each year....MORE
