Electronics Scrap Recycling

A worker strips down electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, for recycling next to bins filled with electronics parts.(Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips down electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, for recycling next to bins filled with electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips down electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, for recycling next to bins filled with electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips down electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, for recycling next to bins filled with electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

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BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips down electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, for recycling next to bins filled with electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker takes down a discarded computer monitor from bins filled with them at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The company strips down electonic parts that will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts lie in bins at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts lie in bins at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts lie in bins at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts lie in bins at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips down a computer for its electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts lie in bins at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling, Getty/Sean Gallup

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Computer processors and other parts lie in a bin at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips down a circuit board from an old computer for its electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts lie in bins at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker sorts electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

Getty/Sean Gallup

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker sorts electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, next to bins filled with other electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker stands by bins filled with electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Workers stand by bins filled with electronic circuit boards, mostly from old computers, and other electronics parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker strips circuit boards from discarded hard drives from old computers at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker seperates circuit boards from discarded hard drives from old computers at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker holds a discarded hard drive from an old computer that will be stripped down to its parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Discarded hard drives destined for recycling lie in a bin at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Discarded hard drives destined for recycling lie in a bin at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Electronics Scrap Recycling

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: A worker stacks discarded computers that will be stripped for their parts at the BRAL recycling company on January 14, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The parts will be recycled for their metals, including iron, aluminum, copper and nickel, as well as precious metals such as gold, palladium and tantalum. Many analysts are predicting shortfalls worldwide in coming decades of metals needed by the high-tech industry. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)