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Annals of Global Health, 2014 Waste from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, known as e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem. E-waste contains valuable materials that have an economic value when recycled. Unfortunately, the majority of e-waste is recycled in the unregulated informal sector and results in significant risk for toxic exposures to the recyclers, who ...
Perkins, Devin N. +3 more
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Geothermal Energy, 2017 In this study, we report results of the analysis of a particularly interesting scaling sample from the geothermal plant in Neustadt-Glewe in northern Germany, which contained 19% Galena (PbS) and 81% of a heterogeneous assemblage of (Ba,Sr)SO4 crystals ...
Frank Heberling +3 more
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Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 2022 E-waste management is undoubtedly one of the important environmental concerns at present because the dependence on electronic devices has increased. There have been policies, legal provisions, and advocacy undertakings educating and introducing ways to ...
Maricel G. Dayaday +1 more
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Study of Health Risks Among E-waste Recyclers in Delhi [PDF]
Journal of Health and Pollution, 2021 Background. India is the fifth biggest producer of e-waste in the world, discarding 1.7 million tons in 2014. E-waste gets recycled mainly in the informal sector which means activities are largely unaccounted for.
Diksha Singhal +2 more
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Electro-Driven Materials and Processes for Lithium Recovery—A Review
Membranes, 2022 The mass production of lithium-ion batteries and lithium-rich e-products that are required for electric vehicles, energy storage devices, and cloud-connected electronics is driving an unprecedented demand for lithium resources. Current lithium production
Anna Siekierka +5 more
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Toxics, 2021 During the recent decades, the world has seen ongoing economic and technological development which resulted in the generation of huge volumes of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).
Yousra Attia +2 more
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Highlighting the Role of Archaea in Urban Mine Waste Exploitation and Valorisation
Recycling, 2023 E-materials become e-waste once they have been discarded without the intent of reuse. Due to its rich content of metals, among which many are Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), e-waste can be considered an urban mine to exploit and valorise.
Annalisa Abdel Azim +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 The aim of this study was to investigate the hydrothermal leaching of silver and aluminum from waste monocrystalline silicon (m-Si) and polycrystalline silicon (p-Si) photovoltaic panels (PV) from both cells and metal ribbons using mild HNO3 solutions ...
Eleni Kastanaki +3 more
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018 Rapid economic growth, an increasing urbanization and globalization caused increasing of consumption and production of e-waste. The biggest e-waste yards are located in developing countries, most of them nearby of big cities with a large population ...
Ewa Zieliński +3 more
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Knowledge and Awareness Implication on E-Waste Management among Nigerian Collegiate
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2017 Lack of awareness and cautionary information on effective and appropriate management operations associated with e-waste may pose potential threat to human health and the environment. This study assessed the knowledge and awareness implication of e-waste
Adinife Patrick Azodo +2 more
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