During several past decades, plenty of technologies for platinum group metals (PGM) and rhenium (Re) recovery from electronic wastes and spent catalysts have been developed and published. The reasons for the rising interest in this area are: □ The abundance of these elements in the earth's crust is less than 10 -3 ppm (~6.6 10 4 t all over the world); □ global demand for PGMs is over 590 t; □ electronics and catalysts industry consumes over 90% of precious metals (about 65% of Pd, 45% of Pt and 84% of Rh are consumed in catalytic converters); □ properties of PGMs and Re (resistance towards corrosion and oxidation, high melting temperatures, electrical conductivity, and catalytic activity) are of great commercial interest.Even though several comprehensive reviews on the recovery of precious metals from spent catalysts have been recently published, several developments were out of the attention of the scientific community. The reviews divide the technologies into hydro-and pyrometallurgical ones. However, the variety of different approaches requires a more detailed classification. This article is an overview of the recently reported works and the comparison of different technologies in terms of extraction efficiency, environmental friendliness, and capital and operational expenditures. The new electrochemical method, which is now under development, is also presented.