A review of current progress of recycling technologies for metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment

L Zhang, Z Xu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
The development of the recycling technologies for waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) has entered a new stage. The WEEE disposing technologies have evolved from …

On the implementation of the circular economy route for E-waste management: A critical review and an analysis for the case of the state of Kuwait

SM Al-Salem, GA Leeke, MS El-Eskandarany… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electronic waste (e-waste) has become one of the major causes of environmental concerns
due to its large volume, high generation rate and toxic environmental burdens. Recent …

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 …

Waste printed circuit board (PCB) recycling techniques

C Ning, CSK Lin, DCW Hui, G McKay - Chemistry and Chemical …, 2018 - Springer
With the development of technologies and the change of consumer attitudes, the amount of
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is increasing annually. As the core part of …

Advanced recovery techniques for waste materials from IT and telecommunication equipment printed circuit boards

H Vermeșan, AE Tiuc, M Purcar - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Waste from information technology (IT) and telecommunication equipment (WITTE)
constitutes a significant fraction of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) …

Copper recovery and gold enrichment from waste printed circuit boards by mediated electrochemical oxidation

S Fogarasi, F Imre-Lucaci, Á Imre-Lucaci… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study aims to develop an eco-friendly chemical–electrochemical process for the
simultaneous recovery of copper and separation of a gold rich residue from waste printed …

Green processes for electronic waste recycling: a review

SM Abdelbasir, CT El-Sheltawy, DM Abdo - Journal of Sustainable …, 2018 - Springer
Electronic waste (E-waste) generation is evaluated at 20–50 million tons, representing 1–
3% of the general waste generated yearly worldwide. The large quantities of outdated and …

Separation of mixed waste plastics via magnetic levitation

P Zhao, J Xie, F Gu, N Sharmin, P Hall, J Fu - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
Separation becomes a bottleneck of dealing with the enormous stream of waste plastics, as
most of the extant methods can only handle binary mixtures. In this paper, a novel method …

Improved bioleaching efficiency of metals from waste printed circuit boards by mechanical activation

W Gu, J Bai, L Lu, X Zhuang, J Zhao, W Yuan… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The low bioleaching efficiency of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans results in its sparse industrial
application for metal extraction from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs). To improve the …

Recycling organics from non-metallic fraction of waste printed circuit boards by a novel conical surface triboelectric separator

J Yang, H Wang, G Zhang, X Bai, X Zhao… - Resources, Conservation …, 2019 - Elsevier
The nonmetallic fractions (NMFs) from waste printed circuit boards mainly comprise organic
materials (OMs) and inorganic materials, taking up a large proportion of E-waste. The NMFs …