Utilization of Life Cycle Assessment methodology to compare two strategies for recovery of copper from printed circuit board scrap

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-305

  Rubin, Ricardo Soares ^a   Castro, Marco Aurélio Soares De ^a   Brandão, Dennis ^a   Schalch, Valdir ^a   Ometto, Aldo Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper recovery; Life Cycle Assessment; Recycling; Waste electric and electronic equipment

Indexed keywords

COPPER RECOVERY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD SCRAP; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); WASTE ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

CHAINS; COPPER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; TOXIC MATERIALS;

COPPER SCRAP;

EID: 84890316967     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.07.051     Document Type: Article

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