Metal recovery from high-grade WEEE: A life cycle assessment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 207-208, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Bigum, Marianne ^a   Brogaard, Line ^a   Christensen, Thomas H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EASEWASTE; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Metal recovery; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

EASEWASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; GOLD AND SILVER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MAGNETIC SORTING; MANUAL SORTING; OPTICAL SORTING; PRE-TREATMENT; RESOURCE RECOVERY; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE);

COPPER; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD; LIFE CYCLE; METALLURGY; METALS; ORE TREATMENT; REFINING; SILVER; SORTING;

METAL RECOVERY;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; GOLD; IRON; METAL; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; SILVER;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; METAL; METALLURGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; MINING; REDUCTION; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857232630     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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