DocumentCode
2411053
Title
Assessing the management of small waste electrical and electronic equipment through substance flow analysis - The example of gold in Germany and the USA
Author
Chancerel, Perrine ; Rotter, Vera Susanne
Author_Institution
Inst. for Environ. Technol., Berlin Univ. of Technol., Berlin, Germany
fYear
2009
fDate
18-20 May 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
This research focuses on quantifying the flows of gold related to small waste electrical and electronic equipment in Germany and in the USA. The results demonstrate that for mobile phones in Germany, only about 5% of the gold is currently recovered. These losses are due to insufficient collection and inadequate treatment.
Keywords
WEEE Directive; electrical products; electronic products; waste management; Germany; USA; mobile phones; substance flow analysis; waste electrical equipment; waste electronic equipment; waste management; Ceramics; Contacts; Electronic equipment manufacture; Electronic waste; Environmental economics; Gold; Mobile handsets; Plastics; Waste management; Waste materials; E-waste; Precious metals; Resource management; Substance flow analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4324-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156718
Filename
5156718
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