Metal sustainability : global challenges, consequences, and prospects

Content: Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 List of€Contributors
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 Chapter 1 Recycling and€Sustainable Utilization of€Precious and€Specialty Metals
 1.1 Introduction
 1.2 How did we€come to€this Situation?
 1.3 Magnitude of the Waste Problem and Disposal of End-of-Life Products 
 1.4 Benefits Derived by the€Global Community from€Effective Recycling
 1.5 Urban Mining
 1.6 Technologies for€Metal Separations and€Recovery from€EOL Wastes
 1.6.1 Collection, Conditioning, and Pre-processing of Waste 
 1.6.2 Separation and€Recovery Technologies. 1.6.2.1 Integrated Smelter and€Advanced Refining Technologies1.6.2.2 Informal Recycling
 1.7 Conclusions
 References
 Chapter 2 Global Metal Reuse, and Formal and Informal Recycling from Electronic and Other High-Tech Wastes 
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Metal Sources
 2.3 E-waste 
 2.4 Responses to the E-waste Problem 
 2.5 Reuse of Metals from High-tech Sources 
 2.5.1 Reuse by Social Enterprises 
 2.5.2 Reuse in€the€Private Sector
 2.5.3 Reuse Research
 2.6 Recycling of Metals from High-tech Sources 
 2.6.1 Ferrous and Non-ferrous Metals 
 2.6.2 Speciality and€Precious Metals. 2.6.3 Formal Recycling2.6.3.1 Collection and€Sorting of€Metals for€Recycling
 2.6.3.2 Role of€the€Third Sector
 2.6.3.3 Technical Aspects of€Formal Recycling
 2.6.3.4 Metal Extraction
 2.6.3.5 Economics of€Formal Recycling
 2.6.4 Informal Recycling
 2.6.4.1 Collection and€Sorting of€Metals for€Informal Recycling
 2.6.4.2 Informal Sorting Methods
 2.6.4.3 Legal Issues
 2.6.4.4 Health, Safety and€Environmental Issues
 2.7 Conclusions
 References
 Chapter 3 Global Management of Electronic Wastes: Challenges Facing Developing and Economy-in-Transition Countries 
 3.1 Introduction. 3.1.1 Electronic waste (E-waste): Definitions, Categories and Composition 3.1.2 Typology and Categories of E-waste 
 3.2 E-waste Composition 
 3.3 E-waste Generation 
 3.3.1 Estimated Global Quantities of E-waste Generated 
 3.4 Problems with E-waste 
 3.5 E-waste Management Challenges Facing Developing Countries 
 3.5.1 Introduction 
 3.5.2 Poor Feedstock Collection Strategies
 3.5.3 Lack of State-of-the-Art Technologies to Recover Resources from E-Waste 
 3.5.4 Lack of Specific E-Waste Regulations and Enforcement in Developing Countries. 3.6 Environmental and Health Impacts of E-Waste Management in Developing Countries 3.6.1 Environmental Impacts of E-Waste 
 3.6.2 Health Impacts of E-Waste 
 3.7 Solutions for€Present and€Future Challenges
 3.7.1 Optimizing and Promoting E-Waste as a Resource 
 3.7.2 Role of€Product Design in€Defining Product EoL Scenario
 3.7.3 Recovering EoL Products
 3.7.4 E-Waste as a Resource for Socioeconomic Development 
 3.7.5 Urban Mining
 3.8 Conclusions
 References
 Chapter 4 Dynamics of€Metal Reuse and€Recycling in€Informal Sector in€Developing Countries
 4.1 Introduction
 4.2 Science of€Metals.