The materials of WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-144

  Goosey, Martin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LCDs; Recovery; Recycling; Repurposing; Scarce elements; Waste electrical and electronic materials; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RECOVERY; RECYCLING;

ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; EMBEDDED INTELLIGENCE; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY; REPURPOSING; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

STRATEGIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84942854963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857096333.2.123     Document Type: Chapter

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