Process intensification for sustainable extraction of metals from e-waste: challenges and opportunities

A Javed, J Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024 - Springer
The electrical and electronic waste is expected to increase up to 74.7 million metric tons by
2030 due to the unparalleled replacement rate of electronic devices, depleting the …

Simple and environmentally friendly metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards by using deep eutectic solvents

Q Zhao, S Ma, W Ho, Y Wang, JYT Ho, K Shih - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increased environmental awareness has necessitated the development of a simple and
environmentally friendly method for metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic waste management scenario in Bangladesh: policies, recommendations, and case study at Dhaka and Chittagong for a sustainable solution

H Roy, MS Islam, S Haque, MH Riyad - Sustainable Technology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bangladesh produces 3 million metric ton (MMT) of e-waste, including ship-breaking yards,
each year. The leachate from dumped e-waste contains toxic heavy metals and organics …

Recovery of Au and Pd from the etching solution of printed circuit boards by cementation, solvent extraction, reduction, and precipitation

TNH Nguyen, MS Lee - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) contain precious metals like Au and Pd. Therefore, it is
important to recover these metals from waste PCBs. A process was developed in this work to …

Sustainable Process to Recover Metals from Waste PCBs Using Physical Pre-Treatment and Hydrometallurgical Techniques

S Kumari, R Panda, R Prasad, RD Alorro, MK Jha - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are an essential component of electronic devices. The
digitalization and upgrading of gadget generates lots of PCB-containing electronic waste …

Effectiveness application of Chitosan/Alginic/Copper–organic framework beads on removal of carbaryl carbamate from wastewater

RM Abdelhameed, A Rady, AS Elsherbiny… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we concentrated on creating copper-benzene dicarboxylate metal organic
frameworks (Cu-BDC MOFs) utilizing scrap copper metal that was obtained from used …

Recovery of metals from printed circuit boards by gold-REC 1 hydrometallurgical process

NM Ippolito, M Passadoro, F Ferella, G Pellei, F Vegliò - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The paper describes a small full-scale plant based on the Gold-REC 1 process, designed
and patented by the University of L'Aquila; the hydrometallurgical process allows the …

Distributed activation energy modeling and Py-GC/MS studies on pyrolysis of different printed circuit boards for resource recovery

JVJ Krishna, PF Prashanth, R Vinu - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) constitute an important segment of electronic waste that can be
effectively utilized to recover valuable metals and organics. The present work is focused on …

Physical pre-concentration and ammonium leaching of metal copper from waste printed circuit boards

S Shi, C Nie, H Chang, P Wu, Z Piao, X Zhu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) is the most valuable component in electronic waste,
which is accompanied by potential environmental threats due to the presence of hazardous …

Bromine recovery from crude bromine salts by-products of waste printed circuit boards smelting

H Zhao, Q Zhang, G Li, X Zhang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A green and effective process for bromine recovery from crude bromine salts by-products
(CBSBPs) of waste printed circuit boards smelting was developed. Over 99% of bromine …