A profitability assessment of European recycling processes treating printed circuit boards from waste electrical and electronic equipments

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue , 2016, Pages 749-760

  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

Economic analysis; Recycling; Resource assessment; Waste electrical and electronic equipments; Waste printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROFITABILITY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIMING CIRCUITS; WASTES;

ECONOMICS ANALYSIS; FIELD PLANTS; MOBILE PLANTS; PROFITABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RECYCLING; RECYCLING PROCESS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; THE NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 84978141321     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.06.057     Document Type: Review

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