Sustainable Metal Recovery from E-Waste: Advanced Technologies, Resource Efficiency, and Circular Perspectives
A topical collection in Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This collection belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
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Interests: bio-hydrometallurgy; circular economy; environmental microbiology; recycling of strategic materials; bio-chemical process
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Interests: biomining; industrial ecology; sustainable mining; resource recovery
Interests: materials recycling; waste electrical and electronic waste; metals recycling; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; waste management
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Topical Collection Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the global demand for metals steadily increasing and primary resources rapidly depleting, the recovery of valuable metals from secondary sources such as electronic waste (e-waste) has become a critical global priority. This urgency is underscored by the fact that over 50 million tonnes of e-waste are generated annually worldwide, yet less than 20% is formally recycled. Addressing this growing challenge in a sustainable manner has garnered international attention, including from the United Nations.
This Topical Collection focuses on sustainable technologies for metal recovery from e-waste, providing an alternative to conventional, high-temperature, energy-intensive, and polluting chemical processes. Sustainable methods, encompassing mechanical, hydrometallurgical, bio-hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical, and hybrid approaches, aim to recover metals with minimal environmental impact, lower chemical consumption, energy efficiency, and improved economic viability.
We welcome contributions covering a wide range of strategies for the selective and efficient extraction of base, precious, critical, and strategic metals from diverse forms of e-waste. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative leaching agents and green solvents;
- more sustainable thermal processes;
- more efficient mechanical processes;
- Process intensification and reactor designs;
- Integration of machine learning and digital tools for process optimization;
- Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessments;
- Case studies on scaling up sustainable methods.
Dr. Fatemeh Pourhossein
Dr. Homayoun Fathollahzadeh
Dr. Hugo Marcelo Veit
Collection Editors
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Keywords
- critical raw materials
- e-waste
- waste management
- resource recovery
- sustainable processes
- metal recovery
