Recent advances on hydrometallurgical recovery of critical and precious elements from end of life electronic wastes-a review

M Sethurajan, ED van Hullebusch… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) contains economically significant levels
of precious, critical metals and rare earth elements, apart from base metals and other toxic …

Recovery of scandium from various sources: A critical review of the state of the art and future prospects

ABB Junior, DCR Espinosa, J Vaughan… - Minerals Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Scandium is a critical metal in increasing demand for modern technologies, such as light-
weight aluminum-scandium alloys. Evaluating current and identifying new sources of the …

Emerging technologies for the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from the end-of-life electronic wastes: a review on progress, challenges, and perspectives

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, FD Castro, S Prasad… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The demand for rare earth elements (REEs) has significantly increased due to their
indispensable uses in integrated circuits of modern technology. However, due to the …

Eco‐friendly electronics—a comprehensive review

MP Cenci, T Scarazzato, DD Munchen… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eco‐friendliness is becoming an indispensable feature for electrical and electronic
equipment to thrive in the competitive market. This comprehensive review is the first to …

Recovering materials from waste mobile phones: Recent technological developments

F Gu, PA Summers, P Hall - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the vast consumption and shortened lifespan of mobile phones, waste mobile
phones (WMPs) have become one of the fastest-growing global waste electrical and …

Content evaluation of different waste PCBs to enhance basic metals recycling

M Arshadi, S Yaghmaei, SM Mousavi - Resources, Conservation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This research aims to expand the body of information that researchers require before
starting electronic waste (E-waste) recovery experiments. With this purpose, the basic metal …

Fungal biotechnology for urban mining of metals from waste printed circuit boards: a review

A Trivedi, A Vishwakarma, B Saawarn… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid surge in electronic waste (e-waste) and its unscientific handling has an adverse
impact on humans and the environment. Waste printed circuit board (WPCB), an integrated …

Regional economic potential for recycling consumer waste electronics in the United States

P Peng, A Shehabi - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Waste electronics are a growing environmental concern but also contain materials of great
economic value. If properly recycled, waste electronics could enhance the sustainability of …

Biometallurgical recovery of metals from waste printed circuit boards using pure and mixed strains of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidiphilium acidophilum

A Priya, S Hait - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioleaching ability of two acidophiles, viz. Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, a
gammaproteobacteria, and Acidiphilium acidophilum, an alphaproteobacteria in pure and …

Metal bioleaching from printed circuit boards by bio-Fenton process: Optimization and prediction by response surface methodology and artificial intelligence models

A Trivedi, S Hait - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Recycling printed circuit boards (PCBs) in the e-waste stream is essential for ecological
protection and metal recycling for a circular economy. Efficient metal recovery from PCBs is …