Printed circuit board recycling in Australia
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Paper/Presentation Title | Printed circuit board recycling in Australia |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Parsons, David |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 5th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2007 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISBN | 0975723111 |
Conference/Event | Achieving Business Benefits from Managing Life Cycle Impacts (2006) |
Event Details | Achieving Business Benefits from Managing Life Cycle Impacts (2006) Event Date 22 to end of 24 Nov 2006 Event Location Melbourne, Australia |
Abstract | Electronic printed circuit boards (PCBs) are complex assemblies which embody numerous materials and which require quite large quantities of energy and other materials to manufacture. They also include significant quantities of metals such as lead, copper and nickel some of which are toxic to life and all of which are valuable resources. Large volumes of printed circuit boards are imported into Australia every year in television receivers, computers etc. and these must eventually be disposed of. Recovery of the valuable materials and their diversion from landfill where leaching of toxic materials may occur, is an expensive process because of the complexity of the product and the relatively small quantities present on each printed circuit board. |
Keywords | printed circuit boards; recycling; landfill; life cycle assessment |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400508. Infrastructure engineering and asset management |
401102. Environmentally sustainable engineering | |
410499. Environmental management not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xy1w/printed-circuit-board-recycling-in-australia
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