Waste electrical and electronic equipment: a review on the identification methods for polymeric materials

RM Grigorescu, ME Grigore, L Iancu, P Ghioca, RM Ion - Recycling, 2019 - mdpi.com
Considering that the large quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment plastics
generated annually causes increasing environmental concerns for their recycling and also …

Facile characterization of polymer fractions from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for mechanical recycling

R Taurino, P Pozzi, T Zanasi - Waste Management, 2010 - Elsevier
In view of the environmental problem involved in the management of WEEE, and then in the
recycling of post-consumer plastic of WEEE there is a pressing need for rapid measurement …

Thermo-chemical recycling of plastics retrieved from waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) by pyrolysis: Identification of the polymer type, removal of …

MA Charitopoulou, AA Lappas, DS Achilias - Sustainable Chemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increased amounts of plastics originating from waste electric and electronic equipment
(WEEE) necessitates finding environmentally friendly solutions for their handling. Taking into …

Composition of plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) by direct sampling

G Martinho, A Pires, L Saraiva, R Ribeiro - Waste Management, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper describes a direct analysis study carried out in a recycling unit for waste electrical
and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Portugal to characterize the plastic constituents of …

Recycling potential for non-valorized plastic fractions from electrical and electronic waste

L Strobl, T Diefenhardt, M Schlummer, T Leege… - Recycling, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper describes a study for waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) to
characterise the plastic composition of different mixed plastic fractions. Most of the samples …

Characterisation of polymer fractions from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and implications for waste management

M Schlummer, L Gruber, A Mäurer, G Wolz, R Van Eldik - Chemosphere, 2007 - Elsevier
There is an increasing interest in the end-of-life management of polymers present in waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). This is mainly due to high recycling and …

From waste to resources: How to integrate recycling into the production cycle of plastics

SR Chandrasekaran, BK Sharma - Plastics to Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the global increase in the use of plastics in making electrical equipment as well as
consumer electronics, there is a rapid increase in waste electric and electronic equipment …

An analysis of the composition and metal contamination of plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

E Stenvall, S Tostar, A Boldizar, MRSJ Foreman… - Waste management, 2013 - Elsevier
The compositions of three WEEE plastic batches of different origin were investigated using
infrared spectroscopy, and the metal content was determined with inductively coupled …

Chemical and thermochemical recycling of polymers from waste electrical and electronic equipment

DS Achilias, EV Antonakou - Recycling materials based on …, 2015 - books.google.com
The production of electric and electronic equipment (EEE), including personal computers,
compact disks, TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines, toasters and many other daily-life …

Thermal degradation characteristics and products obtained after pyrolysis of specific polymers found in Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

EC Vouvoudi, AT Rousi, DS Achilias - Frontiers of Environmental Science …, 2017 - Springer
Modern societies strongly support the recycling practices over simple waste accumulation
due to environmental harm caused. In the framework of sustainable recycling of plastics from …