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| Editors: | Florian K |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 754 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9879917-3-7 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
E-Scrap Recycling System And Technologies In Japan
Takashi Nakamura1;1TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, Sendai, Japan;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 391
Topic: 12
Abstract:
A practical usage of urban mine and its system formation are one of the most challenging and important issue to be progressed. In Japan, Home Appliance Recycling Law and End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling Law are enforced since 2001 (former) and 2005 (latter). These Laws may play a part to reduce illegal waste disposals and to properly control hazardous substances. However, in the case of recycle, it seems less affected since a further recovery procedure, for example recovery of less-common-metals, has not additionally and adequately installed. Mainly the previously-existing recycling processes are operated. According to the sustainable resource management, further progress for the special minor metals recovery may become the key issue.On the other hand, there is no regulation and legislation for collecting small-sized E-scrap such as cell phones, mobile audio players, digital cameras, and etc in Japan. The contain ratio of special minor metals in small-size E-scraps can be much higher than that in home appliances and ELVs. To help to figure the operability of special minor metals recovery from small-size E-scraps, we will introduce the estimation on how much less-common-metals are accumulated in a society through all E-scrap from home appliances, ELVs and small domestic appliances in Japan. Then we will introduce experimental trials of collecting small-size E-scrap operated in some parts of Japan and how to recover minor rare metals from them