A review of the environmental fate and effects of hazardous substances released from electrical and electronic equipments during recycling: Examples from China and India

Environmental Impact Assessment Review - Tập 30 Số 1 - Trang 28-41 - 2010
A. Monsalve Sepulveda1, Mathias Schluep2, Fabrice G. Renaud1, Martin Streicher2, Ruediger Kuehr3, Christian Hagelüken4, Andreas C. Gerecke5
1United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Hermann-Ehlers-Strasse 10, Bonn 53113, Germany
2Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Technology and Society Laboratory, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
3United Nations University, Zero Emissions Forum, Hermann-Ehlers-Strasse 10, Bonn 53113, Germany
4Umicore Precious Metals Refining, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, Hanau 63457, Germany
5Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Überlandstrasse 129, CH‐8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland

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