Description
Environmental Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment illustrates the socioeconomic, technical and environmental perspectives of WEEE, allowing for a better understanding on how to manage this rapidly growing waste stream. The book addresses discharge of WEEE into ecosystems, occupational exposure to hazardous components of WEEE, and loss of recoverable resources, bridging the gap between community and waste management. By providing in-depth analysis and step-by-step descriptions of environmental strategies and procedures for managing electrical and electronic waste, this book is a valuable resource for environmental scientists, environmental engineers, and waste management professionals to achieve sustainability in WEEE.
- Presents the latest knowledge on the origin, identification and adverse effects of WEEE on humans and ecosystems
- Offers up-to-date analysis on environmental management tools, such as LCA, health risk, legalization, and policies for sustainable solutions for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
- Includes details and analysis of the novel approaches proposed in recent years for resource recovery from WEEE
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction 1. Environmental problems and management aspects of waste electrical and electronic equipment and use of clean energy for sustainable development 2. Waste electrical and electronic equipment and environment: context, implications, and trends 3. E-waste: an emerging threat to one health
Part 2 Treatment technologies for WEEE 4. Microbe-assisted management and recovery of heavy metals from electronic wastes 5 5. Biohydrometallurgical methods and the processes involved in the bioleaching of WEEE 6. Hybrid bioleachingdan emerging technique for extraction of critical metals from WEEE 7. Current trends and future perspectives of biobased methods for recovery of metals from WEEE for a sustainable environment 8. Recycling of e-waste in concrete 9. Biological treatment, recovery, and recycling of metals from waste printed circuit boards 10. Process engineering for bioleaching of metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment
Part 3 Environmental management tools for WEEE 11. Financial stimulation policy as a part of socioeconomic intervention in the area of waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling
Part 4 Environmental management for WEEE & sustainability paradigm 12. Achievement of sustainability by tackling e-waste overpower 13 Advances in global research on the sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment
