HydroWEEE project: Design and construction of a mobile demonstration plant

Abstract The objective of this chapter is to describe a mobile demonstration plant for the recovery of metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment and other waste such as spent batteries and exhausted industrial catalysts. The plant was designed within the European FP7 framework HydroWEEE demo (2012–16) and can offer an effective proposal to addressing the problem of electronic waste, reducing the environmental impact of their incorrect disposal, recovering critical materials such as rare earths and precious elements, and giving economic benefits.