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Biorecovery of Precious Metal Nanoparticles From Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments

Rienzie, Ryan
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Perera, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun  
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Adassooriya, Nadeesh Madusanka
2019
Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology

The accelerating rate of accumulation of electronic waste or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a global problem due to the environmental and health consequences. Recycling of WEEE is a sustainable solution to overcome this problem. Use of WEEE as a secondary ore to extract precious metals and metal nanoparticles is widely practiced in recycling systems. The wider array of applications of precious metals and metal nanoparticles and greener production means has increased the demand from industry. The use of microorganisms has been identified as a greener method for recycling WEEE and extracting metals and their nanoparticles. Furthermore, the ability of such microorganisms to produce nanoparticles using their biological mechanisms is a major advantage. This chapter discusses the extraction of metals and metal nanoparticles as a value-added product of microorganism-mediated WEEE recycling processes, their advantages and disadvantages compared to conventional methods, and potential applications

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book part or chapter
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-816190-6.00006-6
Author(s)
Rienzie, Ryan
Perera, Amarasinghage Tharindu Dasun  
Adassooriya, Nadeesh Madusanka
Date Issued

2019

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology
ISBN of the book

978-0-12-816190-6

Total of pages

133-152

Book part number

Chapter 6

Start page

133

End page

152

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EPFL

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LESO-PB  
Available on Infoscience
February 18, 2020
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/166304
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