DocumentCode
1951172
Title
To shred or to disassemble? Recycling of plastics in mass consumer goods
Author
Langerak, Edwin
Author_Institution
Energy Res. & Process Innovation, TNO Inst. of Environ. Sci., Apeldoorn, Netherlands
fYear
1997
fDate
5-7 May 1997
Firstpage
63
Lastpage
68
Abstract
The recycling of mass consumer products like TV-sets and computers is gaining attention in Europe. The presence of (precious) metals traditionally has been the driving force for the recycling of equipment. While the plastics in electronics usually have a high quality, the recovery of them is problematic. In this paper the results are presented of a European project, where the (robotized) dismantling and plastics recovery has been compared with the results of shredding and physical/mechanical material separation processes
Keywords
plastics; recycling; Europe; disassembling; dismantling; mass consumer goods; material separation processes; plastics; recycling; shredding; Cathode ray tubes; Consumer products; Distributed computing; Electronic equipment; Europe; Keyboards; Plastics; Recycling; Separation processes; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electronics and the Environment, 1997. ISEE-1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3808-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISEE.1997.605259
Filename
605259
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