Electronic Waste Recycling

E-waste contains a variety of valuable materials, such as metals, glass, plastics and other materials . Although recycling processes are usually planned for the metal fractions because of the economical value of this fraction, non-metallic fractions are gaining more attention, since the disposal of such material in landfills, or the burning of plastics can be associated to high environmental contamination . This chapter will discuss the general recycling of material from e-wastes.

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