Battery related cobalt and REE flows in WEEE treatment

Waste Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 298-305

  Sommer, P ^a   Rotter, V S ^a   Ueberschaar, M ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(WEEE) Cobalt; Batteries; Material flow analysis; Rare earth elements; Recycling; Waste electrical and electronic equipment

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RAW MATERIALS; RECYCLING; SOLAR CELLS;

BATTERY SYSTEMS; CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING RATE; SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS; WASTE BATTERIES; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CADMIUM; COBALT; LANTHANIDE; LITHIUM ION; NICKEL;

COBALT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECYCLING; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GERMANY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COBALT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GERMANY; METALS, RARE EARTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84955200882     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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