Current recycling innovations to utilize e-waste in sustainable green metal manufacturing
Rumana Hossain, Veena Sahajwalla · 2024
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Rumana Hossain and Veena Sahajwalla review new ways to pull valuable metals out of electronic waste, in a 2024 paper. Demand for electronics keeps rising, and so does the pile of discarded devices. Those devices hold precious metals and rare earth elements. Much of the waste still goes to landfill or burning, which wastes resources and leaks toxins.
The review surveys both standard and emerging recovery methods. Several can reclaim metal alloys and rare elements with good efficiency. Turning waste into a feedstock could feed factory supply chains and cut the need for fresh mining. The authors stress the gains for both the economy and the environment. They frame e-waste recycling as a core part of a circular economy for metals, where materials loop back into use instead of ending as trash.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rumana Hossain, Veena Sahajwalla |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |