Dismantling of printed circuit boards enabling electronic components sorting and their subsequent treatment open improved elemental sustainability opportunities

• Main Authors: Maurice, Ange, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Charpentier, Nicolas M., Brambilla, Andrea, Gabriel, Jean-Christophe P.
• Other Authors: Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Recycling; Strategic Metals
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153827
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This critical review focuses on advanced recycling strategies to enable or increase recovery of chemical elements present in waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs). Conventional recycling involves manual removal of high value electronic components (ECs), followed by raw crushing of WPCBs, to recover m...