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Issue 4

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Global NEST Journal

ISSN numbers
1790-7632
2241-777X
Special notes

Special issue on "Electric and Electronic Waste"

Volume

Issue number
4
Publication month
December

The presence of rare earth elements and critical metals in waste electric and electronic equipment: challenges for recovery

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Sikander A. et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

The fastest growing waste stream of waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) is not only a threat to our environment, but is also creating a supply risk of certain rare earth metals (REMs) and critical metals (CMs). Despite the fact that Directive 2012/19/EU encourages the prevention of WEEE...

WEEE recycling Supply risks +3 more

WEEE management in a circular economy perspective: an overview

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Alessandra Cesaro et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

The circular economy approach represents a strategy to optimize product lifecycles, thus improving the sustainability of consumption patterns. In the European Union a recent legislative proposal has addressed this concept by promoting waste prevention and re-use as well as extensive recovery of...

precious metals rare earth elements +4 more

The recovery of metals from WEEE: state of the art and future perspectives

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Alessandra Marra et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Metals are essential elements in the modern technology as they are widely used for several industrial applications such as the manufacturing of electronic devices. Besides common metals, such as copper, iron and aluminium, electronic appliances can contain precious metals as well as metals defined...

recycling techniques mechanical treatments +5 more

Biomining – Biotechnological Systems for the Extraction and Recovery of Metals from Secondary Sources

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Mehmet Ali Kücüker et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Biomining is the common term used to define processes that utilize biological systems to facilitate the extraction of metals from ores. Nowadays, a biomining concept can be defined as a two stage combined biological systems (1st stage bioleaching and 2nd stage biosorption) in order to perform the...

Biosorption Bioleaching +4 more

Exploration of the material distribution of complex components in waste electrical and electronic equipment

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Aleksander Jandric et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Technological development combined with a rapid and global market penetration has led to high volumes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Simultaneously, the use-phase has become shorter resulting in an annual growth rate of WEEE between 3-5%, which makes WEEE one of the fastest...

PCB precious metals +3 more

WEEE data management in Germany and Serbia

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Diedler, S et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

In Jordan and as in many other Mediterranean countries olive oil production is one of the major agricultural production, it is estimated that the annual production of olive oil in Jordan approximately 21.5 thousand tons per year. O the other hand the process of olive oil extraction generates around...

urban mining metal recovery +5 more

The recovery of rare earth metals from WEEE leaching solution via liquid-liquid extraction

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Amir Talebi; Norli Ismail et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

The recovery of rare earth metals (REMs) from end-of-life products, such as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), is drawing great attention as an attractive strategy for promoting the sustainable development. The hydrometallurgical technique of solvent extraction has been reported to be...

Solvent extraction Critical Metals +4 more

Assessment of the Demand of Critical Materials for Fuel Cell Micro CHP for Households in Germany

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Peñaherrera, Fernando et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Due to the pressing necessity of switching to alternative sources of energy, fuel cells (FC) for household applications have emerged as an alternative for decentralized energy supply. Despite the advancement on technological developments, concerns on the availability of critical raw materials...

MFA platinum +2 more

WEEE collection and CRM recovery trials: piloting a holistic approach for Scotland

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Andrew Hursthouse et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Re-Tek UK and its partners, Enscape Consulting and the University of West of Scotland commenced trials for the collection and recovery of critical raw materials from waste electrical and electronic (WEEE) products in July 2016. Sponsored by the EU LIFE funded project ‘Critical Raw Material Closed...

critical raw materials Bioleaching +7 more

Applied WEEE pre-treatment methods: Opportunities to maximizing the recovery of critical metals

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Bojan Batinic et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

WEEE is a fast-growing waste stream that includes potentially hazardous substances, but also valuable secondary raw materials, which can be recovered by adequate recycling and recovery treatment. In the last years, the research interest has moved from the conventional recycling (recovery of ferrous...

Electronic waste physical separation +2 more

Conceptual design for data flow for a database management system for the sustainable recovery of critical metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment

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Peñaherrera, Fernando et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Sustainable recovery of critical metals (CM) from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the European Union (EU) requires information for detailed analysis, monitoring and decision-making. Related knowledge is currently insufficient or disseminated through the network of stakeholders...

Database Recovery +3 more

Simulation and economic analysis of a hydrometallurgical approach developed for the treatment of waste printed circuit boards (WPCB)

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Ionela Birloaga et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

This paper presents the main achievements of a hydrometallurgical process to recover base and precious metals from waste printed circuit boards (WPCB). The technology comprises a first leaching process performed in a two-step counter current way with sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide for base...

Waste Printed Circuit Board Hydrometallurgical Process +2 more

Estimation of Waste Mobile Phones in the Philippines using Neural Networks

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Mark Gino K. Galang et al. View all

CEST2017 - Electric and electronic waste

Waste mobile phone is one of the subgroups of e-waste which is defined as discarded electronic products in the Philippine context. This study estimated current and projected quantities of waste mobile phones in the country using feed forward neural network. The neural network architecture used had...

Feed-forward neural network eWaste +1 more