A review on recovery processes of metals from E-waste: A green perspective

D Dutta, R Rautela, LKS Gujjala, D Kundu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
E-waste management has become a global concern because of the enormous rise in the
rate of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment's (EEEs). Disposal of waste EEE …

Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics—a review

EG Hertwich, S Ali, L Ciacci, T Fishman… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As one quarter of global energy use serves the production of materials, the more efficient
use of these materials presents a significant opportunity for the mitigation of greenhouse gas …

Recovery of metals and nonmetals from electronic waste by physical and chemical recycling processes

M Kaya - Waste management, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the existing and state of art knowledge for electronic waste (e-waste)
recycling. Electrical and/or electronic devices which are unwanted, broken or discarded by …

A review on recent advancements in recovery of valuable and toxic metals from e-waste using bioleaching approach

PR Yaashikaa, B Priyanka, PS Kumar, S Karishma… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This review is intent on the environmental pollution generated from printed circuit boards
and the methods employed to retrieve valuable and hazardous metals present in the e …

Urban mining of e-waste is becoming more cost-effective than virgin mining

X Zeng, JA Mathews, J Li - Environmental science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Stocks of virgin-mined materials utilized in linear economic flows continue to present
enormous challenges. E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams, and threatens to …

Metals in e-waste: Occurrence, fate, impacts and remediation technologies

SC Chakraborty, M Qamruzzaman, MWU Zaman… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electronic waste (e-waste) is generated from the discarded electronic products. The
generation of e-waste has increased significantly in the recent decades. Globally, the …

Potential and current practices of recycling waste printed circuit boards: A review of the recent progress in pyrometallurgy

F Faraji, R Golmohammadzadeh, CA Pickles - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, a substantial amount of e-waste including waste printed circuit
boards (WPCBs) has been produced and is accumulating worldwide. More recently, the rate …

Challenges and opportunities in the recovery of gold from electronic waste

MD Rao, KK Singh, CA Morrison, JB Love - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Rapid global technological development has led to the rising production of electronic waste
that presents both challenges and opportunities in its recycling. In this review, we highlight …

Inconsistencies of e-waste management in developing nations–Facts and plausible solutions

ARK Gollakota, S Gautam, CM Shu - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
Electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) became an integral part of daily life and had an
immense influence on the economy. The skyrocketing demand, progressive technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Critical and strategic metals in mobile phones: a detailed characterisation of multigenerational waste mobile phones and the economic drivers for recovery of …

M Gómez, S Grimes, Y Qian, Y Feng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mobile phones have a high embedded value of interest within a circular economy. With the
number of these devices operating worldwide expected to reach 18bn by 2025 their low …