Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview |
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1.2 Legislative Influences on Electronics Recycling |
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1.2.1 Producer Responsibility Legislation |
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1.2.4 Other Examples of Legislation |
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1.3 Treatment Options for WEEE |
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1.3.2 Material Composition of WEEE |
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1.4 Recent and Emerging WEEE Challenges |
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1.4.1 Critical Raw Materials |
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1.4.2 Changes in Lighting Technology |
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1.4.3 Photovoltaic Panels |
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1.4.4 Printed Electronics and Additive Manufacturing |
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1.4.6 Socioeconomic Factors |
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1.6 WEEE - A European Perspective |
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1.7 Barriers to Recycling of WEEE |
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1.8 The Recycling Hierarchy and Markets for Recyclate |
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1.9 WEEE Health and Safety Implications |
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1.10 Future Factors That May Influence Electronic Waste Management |
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1.11 Summary and Conclusions |
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Chapter 2 Materials Used in Manufacturing Electrical and Electronic Products |
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2.2 Impact of Legislation on Materials Used in Electronics |
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2.2.2 The RoHS2 Directive and Proscribed Materials |
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2.2.3 Where Do RoHS Proscribed Materials Occur? |
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2.3 Soldering and the Move to Lead-free Assembly |
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2.3.2 Lead-free Solder Choices |
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2.4 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Materials |
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2.4.3 Provision of Flame Retardancy in PCBs |
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2.4.4 Non-ferrous and Precious Metals |
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2.5 Encapsulants of Electronic Components |
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2.6 Indium Tin Oxide and Liquid Crystal Display Screens |
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2.7 Polymeric Materials in Enclosures, Casings and Panels |
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2.7.2 Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) |
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2.7.3 High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) |
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2.7.4 Polyphenyleneoxide (PPO) |
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2.8 Critical Raw Materials |
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2.8.7 Critical Raw Materials and New Developments in Electronics |
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2.9 Materials Composition of WEEE |
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2.10 Summary and Conclusions |
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Chapter 3 A Circular Economy for Consumer Electronics |
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3.2 Addressing Waste: A Wealth of Opportunities |
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3.3 The Circular Economy Framework |
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3.3.2 A Vision for Circular Consumer Electronics |
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3.4 The Road to Circularity |
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3.4.1 Design to Keep Products, Components and Materials in Use for Longer |
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3.4.2 Enhance Reverse Logistics, Remanufacturing, Parts Harvesting and Recycling Processes |
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3.4.3 Put in Place the Right Enabling Conditions |
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3.5 Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Catalyse the Transition |
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3.5.1 Intelligent Assets and Enabling Technologies |
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3.5.2 Artificial Intelligence and the Circular Economy |
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3.6 Closing Considerations |
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Chapter 4 An Overview of Electronic Waste Management in the UK |
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4.2 Legislative Background |
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4.4 The WEEE Management System |
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4.6 EEE and WEEE Arisings |
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4.7 Collection Pathways and Fate of WEEE |
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4.8.2 Processing and Technologies |
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4.8.3 Operating Standards |
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4.9.2 Potential for Reuse |
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4.11 Barriers and Measures to Increase the Reuse of WEEE |
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4.11.2 Design for Disassembly and Repair |
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4.11.3 Setting Targets for Reuse |
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4.11.4 Fostering Dialogue Across the Supply Chain |
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4.11.5 Improving the Marketability of Reusable WEEE |
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Chapter 5 Management of Electronic Waste in Africa |
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5.3 Collection and Management of E-waste |
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5.3.1 Collection of E-waste |
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5.3.2 Management of E-waste |
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5.4 Environmental and Health Impacts |
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5.4.2 Environmental Impacts |
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5.5 Socio-economic Impact of E-waste Management |
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5.6 Governance Issues in E-waste Management |
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5.7 Effective Business Models for Sound Management of E-waste in Africa |
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5.7.1 The Basel Convention Project |
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5.7.3 A Producers' Model for the Future |
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5.8 Recommendations for Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste in Africa |
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Chapter 6 Electronic Waste Management in the Asia Pacific Region |
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6.2 Collection Systems and Refurbishment |
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6.3 E-waste Generation, Management and Governance |
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6.4 Transboundary Movement of E-waste in the Asia-Pacific |
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Chapter 7 Traceability of Electronic Waste Using Blockchain Technology |
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7.2 Overview of Blockchain |
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7.2.2 Blockchain Use Cases |
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7.2.3 Blockchain in Supply Chain Management |
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7.3 Blockchain Technology and WEEE Management |
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7.3.1 Legal and Regulatory Obligations |
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7.3.2 New Business Models |
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7.4 Future Trends and Conclusion |
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Chapter 8 Electronics: A Broken Story about Production and Consumption |
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8.1.1 Measuring Economic, Social and Environmental Impact |
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8.2 Electronics Production: The Role of Companies |
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8.2.2 Product Planning, Design and Engineering |
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8.2.3 Procurement, Manufacturing and Logistics |
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8.2.4 Marketing and Sales |
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8.2.5 Service, Recycling and Disposal |
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8.3 Electronics Consumption: The Role of Consumers |
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8.3.1 Need Recognition/Inspiration |
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8.3.2 Information Searches, Evaluation and Purchase |
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8.3.3 Usage, Recycling and Disposal |
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8.4 Discussion and Implementation |
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Chapter 9 The Recycling of Lithium-ion Batteries: Current and Potential Approaches |
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9.2 Waste and Redundancy Issues of Exhausted Batteries |
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9.3.1 Directives and Regulations |
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9.4.1 Relevant Regulations |
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9.4.2 Producer Responsibility |
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9.4.3 Obligations of Retailers Selling Portable Batteries |
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9.4.4 Duty of Care and Waste Classification |
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9.4.5 Other Relevant Legislation |
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9.4.6 Safe Transportation |
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9.5 Waste Battery Treatment Options |
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9.5.2 Reuse/Reconfiguration |
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9.5.4 Application of Recycling Technologies |
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9.5.5 Examples of Hydrometallurgical Approaches |
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9.5.6 Global Recycling Overview |
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9.6 Proposed Hydrometallurgical Approaches |
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9.6.1 Pre-commercial Approaches |
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9.6.2 Commercial Approaches |
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9.7.1 UK Battery Funded Projects |
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9.7.2 EU Battery Funded Projects |
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9.7.3 Potential Impacts of EU Funding |
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Chapter 10 Environmentally Sustainable Solvent-based Process Chemistry for Metals in Printed Circuit Boards |
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10.1 Introduction and Overview |
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10.2 DESs as Alternative Solvents for PCB Coatings |
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10.2.1 Electrolytic Coatings from DES |
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10.2.2 Galvanic Immersion Coatings |
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10.3 DESs in PCB Assembly and Process Control |
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10.3.2 Surface-mount Assembly |
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10.3.3 A New Solderable Surface Finish |
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10.3.4 Process Control and Analysis |
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10.4 Waste Processing and Metal Recovery |
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Chapter 11 Plastics in Electronic Waste: Results from the PolyCE Project |
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11.2 PolyCE project: Objectives and Methodology |
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11.3 PolyCE Circular Business Models |
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11.3.1 Business Model Characterisation |
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11.3.2 Dematerialisation Models, Opportunities and Barriers |
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11.4 The WEEE Plastics Value Chain |
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11.4.1 The Role of Stakeholders |
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11.4.2 WEEE Recycling Processes |
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11.5 Material Flow and Mass Balance: Current Situation |
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11.5.1 PCR Plastic Availability |
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11.6 Closing the Loop: the ReValue Model |
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11.6.2 Material Flow and Mass Balance Considerations |
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11.7 Barriers and Challenges to Adopting the ReValue Model |
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11.8 Large Scale Demonstrator Prototypes |
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11.8.1 Aims and Objectives |
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11.8.2 Demonstrator 1: Cooling and Freezing Appliances |
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11.8.3 Demonstrator 2: Large Household Appliances |
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11.8.4 Demonstrator 3: Small Household Appliances |
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11.9 Summary and Conclusions |
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Subject Index |
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