E-waste recycling: alternative metal resources

Abstract

With the advancement in living standards and economical growth, the demand and supply for electrical and electronic goods have seen a quantum jump with its fascinating techno-logical innovation and alluring features. This has resulted in tremendous and incredible increase in the sale and production of electrical and electronic equipments(EEE).The old models are replaced rapidly by the latest and advanced ones which have generated a large amount of E-wastes, commonly known as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments (WEEE).Basically, any electrical and electronic appliance that has reached its end of life are categorised as WEEE.