Li Jinhui, He Xin, Zeng Xianlai
a State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment , Tsinghua University , Beijing , People's Republic of China.
b Environmental Management College of China , Qinhuangdao , People's Republic of China.
Environ Technol. 2017 Mar;38(6):652-660. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1207711. Epub 2016 Jul 19.
Increasing concerns on resource depletion and environmental pollution have largely obliged electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) should be tackled in an environmentally sound manner. Recycling process development is regarded as the most effective and fundamental to solve the e-waste problem. Based on global achievements related to e-waste recycling in the past 15 years, we first propose a theory to design an e-waste recycling process, including measuring e-waste recyclability and selection of recycling process. And we summarize the indicators and tools in terms of resource dimension, environmental dimension, and economic dimension, to examine the e-waste recycling process. Using the sophisticated experience and adequate information of e-waste management, spent lithium-ion batteries and waste printed circuit boards are chosen as case studies to implement and verify the proposed method. All the potential theory and obtained results in this work can contribute to future e-waste management toward best available techniques and best environmental practices.
对资源枯竭和环境污染的日益关注在很大程度上促使电子电气废弃物（电子垃圾）应以环境友好的方式加以处理。回收工艺开发被视为解决电子垃圾问题最有效且最根本的方法。基于过去15年全球在电子垃圾回收方面取得的成果，我们首次提出一种设计电子垃圾回收工艺的理论，包括衡量电子垃圾的可回收性以及回收工艺的选择。并且我们从资源维度、环境维度和经济维度总结了用于审视电子垃圾回收工艺的指标和工具。利用电子垃圾管理的丰富经验和充分信息，选择废旧锂离子电池和废弃印刷电路板作为案例研究来实施和验证所提出的方法。这项工作中所有潜在的理论和所获结果都有助于未来电子垃圾管理朝着最佳可行技术和最佳环境实践发展。
