Metallurgical recovery of metals from electronic waste: A review

J Cui, L Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2008 - Elsevier
Waste electric and electronic equipment, or electronic waste, has been taken into
consideration not only by the government but also by the public due to their hazardous …

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) …

Informal e-waste recycling: environmental risk assessment of heavy metal contamination in Mandoli industrial area, Delhi, India

JK Pradhan, S Kumar - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014 - Springer
Nowadays, e-waste is a major source of environmental problems and opportunities due to
presence of hazardous elements and precious metals. This study was aimed to evaluate the …

Printed circuit boards: a review on the perspective of sustainability

AC Marques, JM Cabrera, C de Fraga Malfatti - Journal of environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Modern life increasingly requires newer equipments and more technology. In addition, the
fact that society is highly consumerist makes the amount of discarded equipment as well as …

Liberation of valuable materials in waste printed circuit boards by high-voltage electrical pulses

CL Duan, ZJ Diao, YM Zhao, W Huang - Minerals Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are found in every electrical and electronic equipment. In this
study, epoxy resin was employed as the model material to conduct high-voltage (HV) …

Environmental issues and management strategies for waste electronic and electrical equipment

TG Townsend - Journal of the Air & Waste Management …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Issues surrounding the impact and management of discarded or waste electronic and
electrical equipment (WEEE) have received increasing attention in recent years. This …

A review on computer waste with its special insight to toxic elements, segregation and recycling techniques

SS Suresh, S Bonda, S Mohanty, SK Nayak - Process Safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Being a significant part of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), computer
waste is gaining more attention due to its tremendous generation and toxic environmental …

Sustainable recovery of Cu and Sn from problematic global waste: exploring value from waste printed circuit boards

R Hossain, RK Nekouei, I Mansuri… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
There is a continuous quest for “mining” electronic waste for valuable materials. Currently, e-
waste is either disposed of in landfills or transported often to underdeveloped nations where …

Understanding and exploiting competing segregation mechanisms in horizontally rotated granular media

CRK Windows-Yule, BJ Scheper… - New journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The axial segregation of granular and particulate media is a well-known but little-understood
phenomenon with direct relevance to various natural and industrial processes. Over the past …

Dissolution of brominated epoxy resins by dimethyl sulfoxide to separate waste printed circuit boards

P Zhu, Y Chen, L Wang, G Qian… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Improved methods are required for the recycling of waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs). In
this study, WPCBs (1–1.5 cm2) were separated into their components using dimethyl …