Opportunities for used consumer battery recycling in the australia/pacific region

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 55-59

  Swainston, J ^a   Wright, S ^b   Bruckard, W ^b  

^a Maxwell Optical Industries Pty Ltd

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BATTERY DEVELOPMENTS; BATTERY RECYCLING; CONSUMER BATTERIES; CURRENT STATUSES; EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; GLOBAL POPULATIONS; MARKET TRENDS; PROCESSING PLATFORMS; PRODUCT STEWARDSHIPS; SINGLE CYCLES;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; RECYCLING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 58049151371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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