Waste printed circuit board recycling techniques and product utilization

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 234-243

  Hadi, Pejman ^a   Xu, Meng ^a   Lin, Carol S K ^b   Hui, Chi Wai ^a   McKay, Gordon ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Metal nonmetal separation; Nonmetallic fraction; PCB waste; Recycling

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHEMICAL RECYCLING; LANDFILL DISPOSAL; MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES; METALLIC FRACTION; NONMETALLIC FRACTION; PRODUCT UTILIZATIONS; RECYCLING TECHNIQUES; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ADSORBENT; FILLER; METAL; NONMETAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOLEACHING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL RECYCLING; CORONA DISCHARGE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PHYSICAL RECYCLING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL REMOVAL; POROSITY; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; TREND STUDY; VACUUM PYROLYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT; INCINERATION; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENT; INCINERATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84911879709     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.09.032     Document Type: Review

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