Urban mining of unexploited spent critical metals from E-waste made possible using advanced sorting

• Main Authors: Charpentier, Nicolas M., Maurice, Ange, Xia, Dong, Li, Wenjie, Chua, Chang-Sian, Brambilla, Andrea, Gabriel, Jean-Christophe P.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management; Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies::Artificial intelligence; Recycling; Waste PCBs
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/167421
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The growing number of electronic devices has led to a surge in e-waste, making efficient recycling essential to reduce environmental impact and recover valuable metals. However, traditional recycling methods struggle to extract them due to their low concentrations in e-waste. Here, we developed a sy...