A process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising: (i) either (a) a gasification step comprising treating the waste in a gasification unit in the presence of oxygen and steam to produce an offgas and a char, or (b) a pyrolysis step comprising treating the waste in a pyrolysis unit to produce an of...

The present invention relates to a method, and apparatus for the recovery of precious metals. Accordingly, it pro -vides a continuous process for obtaining a precious metal composition from a feedstock material, the process comprising the steps of: (i) beating a feedstock material in a plasma furnace to form an uppe...