• DocumentCode
    1976737
  • Title

    Prioritizing material recovery for end-of-life printed circuit boards

  • Author

    Wang, X. ; Gaustad, G.

  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    16-18 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    This work explores environmental and economic metrics for prioritizing the recovery of materials from end-of-life printed circuit board (PCB). Data from various PCB component and product types, primary and scrap commodity market prices, and virgin and secondary embodied energy was collected and statistically sampled. Initial results will be used to inform and develop optimal recycling technologies.
  • Keywords
    electronics industry; environmental economics; pricing; printed circuits; recycling; PCB component; PCB product type; economic metrics; end-of-life printed circuit boards; environmental metrics; material recovery priority; primary commodity market price; recycling technology; scrap commodity market price; secondary embodied energy; virgin embodied energy; Economics; Electronic waste; Gold; Printed circuits; Recycling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    2157-524X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-394-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936916
  • Filename
    5936916