E-Waste: Recycling and Recovery

This lecture covers the categories of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), the composition of e-waste, the presence of precious metals like Gold, Silver, and Palladium, the recycling process involving collection, disassembly, depollution, crushing, shredding, and recovery of precious metals. It also discusses the recovery routes such as pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes, the challenges and opportunities in recovering metals from e-waste, and the environmental impact of different recovery methods.