<p>Recycling and recovery of metals from e-waste help develop a circular economy. Current methods of recovering metals from e-waste employ strong inorganic acids and generate harmful byproducts and effluent streams. Besides, the metals are recovered in the form of salts, requiring further purification. Green solvents such as deep eutectic solvents (DES) are capable of dissolving metals. Here, we focus on using a hydrophobic thymol-capric acid DES to study the dissolution and recovery of metallic copper through controlled studies. The extraction efficiency of dissolved Cu metal from DES into an aqueous solution of trisodium citrate (TSC) was 98.4%. These metal ions are further used as precursors to synthesize metallic particles. At a pH of 11, copper oxide nanoparticles of size 5.1 ± 2.0&#xa0;nm were obtained. As the pH is tuned to 14, pure copper precipitates were formed. The protocol was further extended to copper sheets from e-waste and printed circuit board. The versatility of T:CA DES was further confirmed using it for dissolution and extraction of metallic iron powder and its reduction to iron oxide nanoparticles. The method proposed here is a green route as it uses minimal amount of water and does not employ strong solvents. It does not produce any hazardous byproducts as all the solvents are biodegradable. Hence, this green technology can enhance recovery processes from e-waste without posing environmental impacts.</p> Graphical Abstract <p></p>