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Electronic Goods Recycling in the U.S.
Published: 03/04/2013 by PRWeb in Current Research
Items manufactured with recycled electroic goods have grown during the past five years due to shifts in consumer preference toward environmentally friendly products. Consequently, IBISWorld estimates revenue will increase at 8.6% annually.
Examining brominated flame retardants exposure around e-waste dismantling sites
Published: 09/01/2010 by Hongmei Wang, Yuan Zhang, Qian Liu, Feifei Wang, Jing Nie, Yan Qian in Current Research
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) released from e-waste related activities may affect the health of local people. Assessing the impact of e-waste exposure during recycling and dismantling activities on local people's thyroid hormone levels ...
Estimation of end of life mobile phones generation: The case study of the Czech Republic
Published: 06/12/2012 by Miloš Polák, Lenka Drápalová in Current Research
The volume of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been rapidly growing in recent years. In the European Union (EU), legislation promoting the collection and recycling of WEEE has been in force since the year 2003. Yet, both current and re
Electronic product returns and potential reuse opportunities: a microwave case study in the United K
Published: 06/12/2012 by A. Dindarian, A.A.P. Gibson, J. Quariguasi-Frota-Neto in Current Research
One route to reducing electronic waste, increasing product reuse, is dependent on the quality and functionality of discarded electronic goods (core), about which little is known or understood.
Electronic Waste Refining Could be Big Business for the U.S.
Published: 01/07/2012 by Guardian in Current Research
Start-up ventures anticipate increased electronics scrap availability in the U.S. will permit introducing domestic refining into the supply chain.
Ecodesign methods focused on remanufacturing
Published: 01/01/2010 by Daniela C.A. Pigosso, Evelyn T. Zanette, Americo Guelere Filho, Aldo R. Ometto, Henrique Rozenfeld in Current Research
Understanding the product's `end-of-life' is important to reduce the environmental impact of the products' final disposal. When the initial stages of product development consider end-of-life aspects, which can be established by ecodesign
Environmental fate of hexabromocyclododecane from a new Canadian electronic recycling facility
Published: 03/13/2013 by Geoffrey Tomko, Karen M. McDonald in Current Research
An electronics recycling facility began operation at the municipal landfill site for the City of Edmonton, Canada in March 2008 with the goal of processing 30,000 tonnes of electronic wastes per year. Of the many by-products from the process, brominated f
Evolution of the electronic waste management system in Spain
Published: 06/12/2012 by D. Queiruga, J. González Benito, G. Lannelongue in Current Research
The vastly increasing amounts of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has made it imperative to develop systems that can guarantee selective collection and correct treatment of such waste. The European Union (EU) Directive 2002/96/EC appl
Evaluating the Economic Viability of a Material Recovery System: The Case of Cathode Ray Tube Glass
Published: 11/12/2009 by Jeremy R. Gregory, Marie-Claude Nadeau and Randolph E. Kirchain in Current Research
This paper presents an analysis of the material recovery system for leaded glass from cathode ray tubes (CRTs) using a dynamic material flow analysis.
E-Scrap: Metals Too Precious to Ignore
Published: 09/07/2010 by Perrine Chancerel in Current Research
A close look at the material flowing into and out of the recycling process--particularly precious metals--shows that conventional sorting technologies such as shredding lead to extensived losses of high-value material.
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