• DocumentCode
    2364689
  • 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
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    1-3 May 1995
  • Firstpage
    126
  • Lastpage
    131
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISEE.1995.514963
  • Filename
    514963