Cascade recovers gallium, indium, copper, ruthenium, gold, palladium, rhodium, platinum, and silver from semiconductor manufacturing waste — on-site, at semiconductor grade, with zero capital cost to your facility. What was waste becomes resource. What harmed the planet now helps restore it.
Every semiconductor fab, every PCB shop, every display manufacturer generates process waste carrying critical metals — gallium, indium, precious metals — that are currently incinerated or landfilled after expensive hazardous waste disposal.
Primary mining of these metals devastates ecosystems, consumes enormous energy, and concentrates supply in geopolitically unstable regions. The US imports nearly 100% of its gallium and indium from abroad.
Cascade's green electrochemical process recovers these metals at the point of manufacture — no new mines, no long-haul transport, no hazardous intermediates.
Every kilogram recovered reduces your EPA TRI release profile and strengthens your ESG and Scope 3 reporting with measurable, auditable data.
Recovered metals re-enter the US domestic supply chain at semiconductor grade — supporting CHIPS Act resilience goals and reducing dependence on foreign critical mineral supply.
A 30-minute conversation with your EHS or operations team. We map your waste streams, volumes, and current disposal cost. No commitment, no NDA required to start.
We collect a small sample of your process waste — a few liters. We handle logistics and transport to our Kansas storage and analysis facility at zero cost to you.
We characterize metal concentrations and recoverable value from your actual waste stream. We present site-specific economics — what you'd recover, what you'd earn.
We deploy our on-site cascade system at your facility. Zero capex. We own and operate it. You receive a revenue share on recovered metals and eliminate a regulated waste liability.
Direct reduction in EPA TRI-reportable hazardous releases. Auditable and reportable.
Eliminates waste transport emissions and the carbon cost of primary critical mineral mining.
Recovered metals re-enter the US critical minerals supply chain. Supports CHIPS Act mandates.
Replaces $300–800/drum disposal costs with a recovery revenue share. Liability becomes asset.
Cascade's process is fundamentally green chemistry. Our electrochemical cascade uses no additional solvents, generates no secondary hazardous waste, and operates on low-voltage DC power that is compatible with renewable energy sources.
Unlike traditional precious metals reclamation — which involves smelting, harsh acid digestion, and long supply chains — Cascade recovers metals at the point of manufacture, at ambient temperature, with a minimal physical footprint.
The result is a closed-loop model: what your facility generates as waste, Cascade recovers as resource, returning value to your operation and critical metals to the US supply chain.
"Gallium and indium are designated critical minerals with no domestic primary production. Recovery at the point of manufacture is the most strategically important path to supply chain resilience."
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026We are establishing a small number of founding facility partnerships. If your facility generates process waste containing critical metals, we'd like to start with a conversation — no commitment, no cost.