Title :
Sustainability issues in circuit board recycling
Author :
Legarth, Jens Brøbech ; Alting, Leo ; Baldo, Gian Luca
Author_Institution :
The Life Cycle Center, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
The resource recovery and environmental impact issues of printed circuit board recycling by secondary copper smelters are discussed. Guidelines concerning material selection for circuit board manufacture and concerning the recycling processes are given to enhance recovery efficiency and to lower the impacts on the external environment from recycling
Keywords :
environmental factors; printed circuit manufacture; recycling; circuit board manufacture; circuit board recycling; environmental impact issues; external environment; material selection; recovery efficiency; recycling processes; resource recovery; secondary copper smelters; sustainability issues; Copper; Earth; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Guidelines; Industrial pollution; Manufacturing processes; Printed circuits; Product development; Recycling; Smelting;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1995. ISEE., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2137-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1995.514963
