Precious metals and rare earth elements in municipal solid waste - Sources and fate in a Swiss incineration plant

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 634-644

  Morf, Leo S ^a   Gloor, Rolf ^b   Haag, Olaf ^b   Haupt, Melanie ^c   Skutan, Stefan ^b   Lorenzo, Fabian Di ^c   Böni, Daniel ^c  

^a Amt für Abfall Wasser Energie und Luft ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Bachema AG   (Switzerland)

^c Zentrum für nachhaltige Abfall und Ressourcennutzung ZAR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste incinerator; Platinum group metal; Precious metals; Rare earth elements; Thermo Re ; Urban mining

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; INCINERATION RESIDUES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PLATINUM GROUP METALS; SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS;

ASH HANDLING; CERIUM; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD; INCINERATION; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; RHENIUM; SILVER; WASTE INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CERIUM; COBALT; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; GOLD; HAFNIUM; INDIUM; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; LITHIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PRASEODYMIUM; RHODIUM; RUBIDIUM; RUTHENIUM; SCANDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN; YTTRIUM;

BOTTOM ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INCINERATION; MINING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTITIONING; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRECIOUS METAL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE SEGREGATION;

GOLD; INCINERATION; METALS; METALS, RARE EARTH; PLATINUM; SILVER; SOLID WASTE; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84875270135     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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