E-Waste Recycling and Management : Present Scenarios and Environmental Issues

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Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Solution and Challenges in Recycling Waste Cathode-Ray Tube; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Current Status of the Waste Cathode-Ray Tube; 1.3 Disposal and Environmental Issues; 1.4 Available Technologies for Recycling of Cathode-Ray Tube; 1.4.1 Open-Loop Recycling Process; 1.4.2 Closed-Loop Recycling Process; 1.5 Technology for Segregation of Funnel Glass from Panel Glass; 1.5.1 Gravitational-Fall Method; 1.5.2 Electric-Wire Heating Method; 1.5.3 Thermal Shock; 1.5.4 Laser Cutting Method; 1.5.5 Diamond Cutting Method; 1.5.6 Water Jet Separation 1.5.7 Acid Melting1.6 Potential Technology for Removal of Lead from Cathode-Ray Tube; 1.6.1 Pyrometallurgical Process; 1.6.2 Hydrometallurgical Process; 1.6.3 Mechanochemical Activation Process; 1.6.4 Emerging Technology Used in Industry; 1.6.5 Construction Materials; 1.6.6 Waste Vitrification Glass; 1.6.7 Smelting Flux; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Reconfigurable Recycling Systems of E-waste; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Disassembly Planning; 2.3 E-waste Processing Costs and Revenues 2.4 Case Study: Example E-waste Recycling Plant Layout for Different Categories of Equipment2.5 Case Study: Configuration of Small and Large Appliances Processing Line; 2.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: An Economic Assessment of Present and Future Electronic-Waste Streams: Japan's Experience; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Electronic-Waste Management in Japan; 3.2.1 Legal Institutions Overseeing Electronic-Waste Management in Japan; 3.2.2 Overview of Electronic-Waste Recycling; 3.2.3 Costs of Electronic-Waste Recycling 3.3 Life Cycle Policy Analysis Using Input-Output (I-O) Tables: Recycling of Mobile Phones and Personal Computers and Their Supply Chains in Japan3.3.1 Supply Chain Implications of Recycling End Products: Reductions of the Resources Used in Upstream Suppliers; 3.3.2 Reductions in Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Recycling Electronic-Waste; 3.3.3 Issues of Who Bears the Burden of the Costs of Electronic-Waste Recycling; 3.4 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4: Recent Technologies in Electronic-Waste Management; 4.1 Introduction and Overview; 4.1.1 The Problem Scale 4.1.2 Collection Practices of Electronic-Waste4.1.3 Challenges and Influences on Electronic Recycling; 4.1.4 The Recycling Hierarchy and Recyclable Markets; 4.1.5 Waste Electric and Electronic Management and Control Regulations; 4.2 Material Composition in Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment; 4.3 Current and Future Electronic-Waste Management Technologies; 4.3.1 Photovoltaic Panels; 4.3.2 Cathode Ray Tube Displays, Liquid Crystal Displays and Light-Emitting Diode Displays and Monitors; 4.3.3 Computers, Notebooks and Laptops; 4.3.4 Cell Phones and Smartphones