A preliminary categorization of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment as secondary metal resources

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2150-2160

  Oguchi, Masahiro ^a   Murakami, Shinsuke ^b   Sakanakura, Hirofumi ^a   Kida, Akiko ^a   Kameya, Takashi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Collectability; End of life electrical and electronic equipment; Metal; Secondary resource; WEEE

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; COLLECTABILITY; COLLECTION METHODS; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; CURRENT COLLECTION; DIGITAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; END-OF-LIFE; END-OF-LIFE PRODUCTS; FAX MACHINES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; METAL CONTENT; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY METALS; SECONDARY RESOURCES; VIDEO GAME; WEEE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; METALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PRECIOUS METALS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WASHERS;

METAL RECOVERY;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RECYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR CONDITIONER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; METAL RECOVERY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RECREATION; REFRIGERATOR; SECONDARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TELEVISION; WASHING MACHINE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; METALS; RECYCLING;

JAPAN;

EID: 79960937878     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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