6An Intelligent Solution for E-Waste CollectionVehicle Routing Optimization
Shailender Singh, Malhar Tidke, Mani Sankar Dasgupta, and Srikanta Routroy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
6.1Introduction
Electronics waste (referred to as e-waste or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)) is classified into five distinct categories based on functionality, material composition, end-of-life attributes, average weight and life span (Ikhlayel, 2018). Although termed as waste, WEEE may contain valuable materials that can be extracted like gold, silver, palladium and many ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Thus WEEE can also be viewed as a resource; ...
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