The challenges and opportunities of the transformation of e-waste into value-added materials: e-waste management approach

E-waste recycling is gaining popularity because it has the potential to reduce waste while also removing environmental hazards. It's the process of recovering new materials from scraps at a low cost with little energy and time investment. The recovery of nanomaterials (NMs) from e-waste is a ne...

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Published inEnvironmental Sustainability Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 277 - 288
Main Author Serag, Eman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.09.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bacteria
Clean technology
Climate Change
Dioxins
Earth and Environmental Science
Electronic waste
Energy consumption
Energy efficiency
Environment
Environmental hazards
Environmental impact
Environmental Management
Environmental science
Fungi
Hazardous materials
Heavy metals
Landfills
Low cost
Methods
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Natural Resources
Palladium
Precious metals
Review
Soil water
Sulfur
Sustainable Development
Toxicity
Waste disposal sites
Waste management
Waste recycling
E-waste
Cathode ray tubes
Nanomaterials
Batteries
Recovery
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Summary:E-waste recycling is gaining popularity because it has the potential to reduce waste while also removing environmental hazards. It's the process of recovering new materials from scraps at a low cost with little energy and time investment. The recovery of nanomaterials (NMs) from e-waste is a new field of nanotechnology and environmental science. This process has two benefits: it improves the environment by reducing the accumulation of hazardous elements in soil and water as a result of e-waste landfill, and it has the potential to save money by using e-waste as a source for high-value materials like gold, platinum, copper, and palladium. This study outlined how new low-cost and energy-efficient technologies can be used to recover NM from various types of e-waste. It also discusses recent research on the extraction and recovery of various high-value NM from e-waste, as well as the difficulties that come with e-waste NM recovery.
ISSN:2523-8922
2523-8922
DOI:10.1007/s42398-022-00238-5