Waste products like corncobs, wood pulp, cotton, and tomato peels can be turned into micro or nano-scale particles capable of extracting rare earth minerals from electronic waste via electrostatic interactions.
Rare earth metals are used to manufacture strong magnets and batteries needed for energy transitions. Can efforts to recycle the metals be scaled to address gaps in demand and allow us to avoid mining these metals in challenging environments?
With a background in international studies and filmmaking, Siddhi works with the Futures Centre team to creatively push our current imaginaries and create more positive visions of futures rooted in equity. Her works centers around challenging common narratives and working agilely to bring forth more representative ones. Through her role at the Futures Centre, she focuses on the answering the question, how can better climate communication and visioning help stakeholders work together and act intently, empathetically and urgently?
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