Assessment of toxic metals in waste personal computers

•Waste personal computers were collected and dismantled in their main parts.•Motherboards, monitors and plastic housing were examined in their metal content.•Concentrations measured were compared to the RoHS Directive, 2002/95/EC.•Pb in motherboards and funnel glass of devices released

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Veröffentlicht in:	Waste management (Elmsford) 2014-08, Vol.34 (8), p.1480-1487
Hauptverfasser:	Kolias, Konstantinos, Hahladakis, John N., Gidarakos, Evangelos
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied sciences CADMIUM Cadmium - analysis Cathode ray tube CATHODE RAY TUBES CHEMICAL ANALYSIS CHROMIUM Chromium - analysis Computers CONCENTRATION RATIO CONTAMINATION Electronic Waste ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Exact sciences and technology GLASS Greece Hazardous Waste ICP MASS SPECTROSCOPY LEAD Lead (metal) Lead - analysis Liquid crystal display Liquid crystal displays LIQUID CRYSTALS MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES Mass Spectrometry MERCURY Mercury - analysis Metals - analysis Microcomputers Microwaves MONITORS Motherboards Other wastes and particular components of wastes Personal computer PERSONAL COMPUTERS PLASTICS Pollution Printed circuit boards PRINTED CIRCUITS Recycling Reproducibility of Results Toxic Toxic metals TOXICITY Toxicology WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTES
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Zusammenfassung:	•Waste personal computers were collected and dismantled in their main parts.•Motherboards, monitors and plastic housing were examined in their metal content.•Concentrations measured were compared to the RoHS Directive, 2002/95/EC.•Pb in motherboards and funnel glass of devices released
ISSN:	0956-053X 1879-2456
DOI:	10.1016/j.wasman.2014.04.020