Status of pre-processing of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Germany and its influence on the recovery of gold

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-317

  Chancerel, Perrine ^a   Bolland, Til ^a   Rotter, Vera Susanne ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

e waste; precious metals; recycling; resource recovery; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; E-WASTE; GERMANY; GOLD LOSS; GOLD RECOVERY RATE; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; PRE-PROCESSING; PRE-PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; PROCESSING CAPACITIES; PROCESSING STAGE; RECOVERY RATE; RESOURCE RECOVERY; STATISTICAL DATABASE; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUIPMENT; GOLD; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PRECIOUS METALS; RECYCLING; TIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTES;

METAL RECOVERY;

GOLD; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOLD; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GERMANY; GOLD; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 79952412580     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10368303     Document Type: Article

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