Towards a comprehensive recovery system for critical metals in Switzerland

Electronics Goes Green 2012+, ECG 2012 - Joint International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wager, Patrick ^a   Widmer, Rolf ^a   Blaser, Fabian ^a   Muller, Esther ^a   Stamp, Anna ^a   Boni, Heinz ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE RECOVERY; END OF LIVES; ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND DISPOSAL; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; METAL STOCKS; RECOVERY RATE; RECOVERY STRATEGIES; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; REVERSE DIFFUSION; STATE OF THE ART; SWITZERLAND; WEEE MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXHIBITIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; METALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84871823968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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