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Conversion of Large Scale Wastes into Value-added Products
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Conversion of Large Scale Wastes into Value-added Products

by Justin S.J. Hargreaves, Ian D. Pulford, Malini Balakrishnan, Vidya S. Batra
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
174 pages
6h 16m
English
CRC Press
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117Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
graphite, indium, magnesium, niobium, platinum group elements (PGEs), rare
earth elements (REEs), tantalum, and tungsten. Table4.4 summarizes the produc-
tion and demand for the common metals used in production of EEE. Although
these are average values based on a number of assumptions, it would seem that
recovery from WEEE could supply approximately 30% of the annual produc-
tion for silver and the plantinum group elements (especially palladium); and for
just under 20% of the demand for antimony, cadmium, gold, and tin. Looked at
in terms of meeting annual demand requirements, recovery from WEEE could
supply all the need for gold, PGEs, andsilver, and about half the annual demand for
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