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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4324-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156718
