A review of the recycling of non-metallic fractions of printed circuit boards

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Marques, André Canal ^a,b   Marrero, José María Cabrera ^c,d   Malfatti, Célia de Fraga ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d FUNDACIÓ CTM CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Non metallic fractions (NMFs); Printed circuit boards; Recycling; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887310830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-521     Document Type: Review

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