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This paper presents a general overview of WEEE and value considerations (both real and potential) as well as the specific results of a research project analysing the performance of EPR systems for lighting products, with particular focus on closing material loops. The research is based on a literature review, case studies, and interviews with key stakeholders. The case of recovery of rare earths elements...
In R.O.C. (Taiwan), the waste management policy has been upgraded from controlling in the early days to the current zero-waste. The current policy focuses on the concepts of prevention and resource recycling and reuse. In recent years, R.O.C. (Taiwan) has actively participated in the “Sustainable Material Management and Sustainable Resource Management” (SMM/SRM) related international conventions and...
Nowadays more and more consumers substitute their conventional TV-sets and computer monitors by LCD panels. In the near future huge amounts of LCDs will start coming back to recycling. As LCDs with hazardous mercury backlight lamps are used an appropriate recycling technology has to be implemented.
The authors introduce their latest fruits focusing on the research of suitable treatment technology for scrap computer under present situation of China, and a case of Suzhou pilot project is constructed. The newly designed methods or combination techniques in this pilot project include: the manual-assisted dismantling procedure; the method and special equipment for separating funnel and panel glass...
In recent years, electronic waste has emerged as a waste stream of concern for many reasons; including the need to handle hazardous or extract valuable materials. Within this e- waste stream, cathode-ray tube (CRT) glass waste, from televisions (TVs) and computer monitors, is of particular concern because of high recycling costs and low secondary material value. Economic issues are thus a significant...
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