Recycling of WEEEs: An economic assessment of present and future e-waste streams

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 263-272

  Cucchiella, Federica ^a   D'Adamo, Idiano ^a   Lenny Koh, S C ^b   Rosa, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

E waste streams; Economic assessment; Recycling; WEEE

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE SETS; WASTES;

E-WASTES; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ELECTRONIC WASTE STREAM; ELECTRONICS WASTES; RECYCLING; RECYCLING OF WASTES; VIRGIN RESOURCES; WASTE FROM ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS; WASTE STREAM;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

EID: 84936928656     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.010     Document Type: Review

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