Possibilities and limits of pyrolysis for recycling plastic rich waste streams rejected from phones recycling plants

Waste Management

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 226-234

  Caballero, B M ^a   de Marco, I ^a   Adrados, A ^a   Lopez Urionabarrenechea A ^a   Solar, J ^a   Gastelu, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical electronic equipment; Landline phone; Mobile phone; Pyrolysis; Recycling; Waste; WEEE

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; CHEMICALS; COPPER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIQUIDS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; STYRENE; TELEPHONE SETS; WASTES;

ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; LANDLINE PHONES; ORGANIC PRODUCTS; ORIGINAL SAMPLE; PROCESSING PLANTS; RECYCLING COMPANIES; VALUABLE CHEMICALS; WEEE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

4 ETHYLPHENOL; ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CALCIUM; COPPER; ETHYLBENZENE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; POLYCARBONATE; STYRENE; TIN; TOLUENE; VANADIUM; ZINC; BROMINE; CHLORINE; GAS; MERCURY; PLASTIC;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; MOBILE PHONE; PLASTIC; PROCESSING; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TELEPHONE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GAS; PROCEDURES;

SPAIN;

BROMINE; CELL PHONES; CHLORINE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GASES; MERCURY; PLASTICS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84953432667     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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