title: Evaluating waste printed circuit boards recycling: Opportunities and challenges, a mini review.
abstract: Rapid generation of waste printed circuit boards has become a very serious issue worldwide. Numerous techniques have been developed in the last decade to resolve the pollution from waste printed circuit boards, and also recover valuable metals from the waste printed circuit boards stream on a large-scale. However, these techniques have their own certain specific drawbacks that need to be rectified properly. In this review article, these recycling technologies are evaluated based on a strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis. Furthermore, it is warranted that, the substantial research is required to improve the current technologies for waste printed circuit boards recycling in the outlook of large-scale applications.
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Abhishek Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Awasthi
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Gabriel Ionut
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Zlamparet
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xianlai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jinhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D059029:Electronic Waste; D008670:Metals / Q000302:isolation & purification; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals
keywords: Developing countries; informal sector; metal recycling and recovery; waste electrical and electronic equipment; waste printed circuit board