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Recycling technologies for the treatment of end of life printed circuit boards (PCBs)

Martin Goosey (Shipley Europe Ltd, Coventry, UK)
Rod Kellner (Shipley Europe Ltd, Coventry, UK)

Circuit World

ISSN: 0305-6120

Article publication date: 1 September 2003

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Abstract

New legislation to encourage the recycling of end of life electronics and moves to implement sustainable development in electronics manufacturing have focussed attention on the large quantity of printed circuit boards (PCBs) being consigned to landfill. Also, in a recent investigation conducted on behalf of the UK's Department of Trade and Industry, the need for new methodologies for dealing with end of life circuit boards was identified as a priority issue. Within the UK it is estimated that ∼50,000 tonnes per annum of PCB scrap is currently generated and investigations indicate that only ∼15 per cent is subjected to any form of recycling, with the remainder consigned to landfill. This paper reports the results of a scoping study carried out to identify the technologies and processes that can be used to recycle materials from end of life PCBs.

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Goosey, M. and Kellner, R. (2003), "Recycling technologies for the treatment of end of life printed circuit boards (PCBs)", Circuit World, Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/03056120310460801

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MCB UP Ltd

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