Improving sustainable recovery of metals from waste printed circuit boards by the primary copper smelter process

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 298-305

  Le, Hoang Long ^a   Yamasue, Eiji ^a   Okumura, Hideyuki ^a   Ishihara, Keiichi N ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Eco efficiency; Metal recycling; Primary copper smelter; Sustainability; Waste printed circuit boards (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897581010     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-013-0189-7     Document Type: Article

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