Toxic metals in WEEE: Characterization and substance flow analysis in waste treatment processes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 1124-1132

  Oguchi, Masahiro ^a   Sakanakura, Hirofumi ^a   Terazono, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incineration; Municipal solid waste; Resource recovery; Substance flow; Toxic metal; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT TREATMENTS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SUBSTANCE FLOW; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; TOXIC METALS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT PROCESS;

INCINERATION; LEAD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATURAL RESOURCES; RECYCLING; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE TREATMENT;

METALS;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METAL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEAVY METAL; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CATHODE RAY TUBE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; JAPAN; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SUBSTANCE FLOW; TOXIC METAL; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE);

ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; METALS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84883461078     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.078     Document Type: Article

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