Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology

Improperly dumping electronics is dangerous because of the toxic materials in the discarded gadgets like lead, cadmium and mercury, which can seep into soil and groundwater, contaminate the air if they are burned or poison people handling them. Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology applies the latest research for designing waste treatment and disposal strategies.

Written for researchers who are exploring this emerging topic, Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology begins with a short but rigorous discussion of electric waste management outlining some of the common hazardous materials such as mercury, lead, silver, and flame-retardants. The book discusses the fate of metals contained in waste electrical and electronic equipment in a municipal waste treatment.

Materials and methods for the remediation, recycling, and treatment of plastic waste collected from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) are also covered. In addition, the book covers topics: The depollution benchmarks for capacitors, batteries and printed circuit boards from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the recovery of waste printed circuit boards through pyrometallurgy.

• Depollution benchmarks for capacitors, batteries and printed wiring boards from waste electrical and electronic
• Fate of metals contained in waste electrical and electronic equipment in a municipal waste
• Recycling of mixed plastic waste from electrical and electronic equipment
• Recovery of gold from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) using ammonium persulfate

Civil/Environmental Engineers and Environmental Scientists, Chemical Engineers, Material Engineers and Scientists, and Ecologists

1. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): Flows, quantities and management, a global scenario
2. Inventorisation of E-Waste and Emerging trends in E-waste disposal with bench marks for depollution - global scenario
3. An overview of methods used for estimating e-waste amount
4. Network design for e-waste management
5. Environmental management of e-waste
6. Biorecovery of precious metal nanoparticles from electronic waste
7. Bioleaching of electronic waste using extreme acidophiles
8. Resource recovery from E-waste for environmental sustainability
9. Biotechnological initiatives in E-waste Management: Recycling and business opportunities
10. Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Metals from E-waste
11. Recovery of waste printed circuit boards through pyrometallurgy
12. E-waste Management in Australia: Current Status
13. Environmental management of E-waste in China
14. Chemical hazards associated with treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment
15. Environmental contamination and health effects due to e-waste recycling