Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Recycling

Dr. Francesco Veglio is currently a professor of Theory and Development of Chemical Processes and President of Teaching Activities in Industrial Engineering at The University of L’Aquila. Author 1: Francesco Veglio Mailing Address: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell’Informazione e di Economia, Università degli Studi di L’Aquila, 67040 Monteluco di Roio, L’Aquila, Italy Phone Number: Tel. +39 0862 43 4223 Email Address: francesco.veglio@univaq.it Ionela Birloaga Mailing Address: S. 615, L’Aquila, 61700, Italy

Part 1 1. WEEE characterization, division and regulation 2. WEEE generation and the consequences of this waste disposal 3. Current WEEEs recycling solutions 4. Hydrometallurgical processing of waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) 5. Improvements of cyanidation process for precious metals recovery from WPCBs 6. Treatment of spent fluorescent lamps, cathode-ray tubes and spent catalysts hydrometallurgical procedures 7. Spent LCD panels processing by hydrometallurgical methods 8. Hydrometallurgy in recycling of spent NdFeB permanent magnets 9. Current legislation and methods of treatment of waste waters coming from WEEEs processing

Part 2 10. Bio-metallurgical methods for WPCBs treatment 11. Recovery of precious metals by ionic liquids 12. Application of ionometallurgy for rare earths recovery from WEEE 13. HydroWEEE Project 14. Conclusions and suggestions for further actions