Recycling critical raw materials from waste electronic equipment
Recycling critical raw materials from waste electronic equipment
Recycling critical raw materials from waste electronic equipment
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<strong>Recycling</strong> <strong>critical</strong> <strong>raw</strong> <strong>materials</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>waste</strong><br />
<strong>electronic</strong> <strong>equipment</strong><br />
List of tables<br />
Table 1: Display technologies and their principal areas of application 3<br />
Table 2: Published values on film thickness and indium content of LCD<br />
displays. 4<br />
Table 3: Approximation calculation of indium content in LCD displays 4<br />
Table 4: Mean indium content of different display devices 4<br />
Table 5: Assumptions and data for estimating the percentage of rare earths<br />
in the CCFL background illumination of LCD screens 6<br />
Table 6: Estimated mean weights of rare earth metals in LCD displays with<br />
CCFL background illumination 7<br />
Table 7: Assumptions and data for estimating the content of rare earths<br />
(incl. indium and gallium) in the LED background illumination of<br />
LCD screens. 8<br />
Table 8: Estimated mean weights of rare earth metals (incl. indium and<br />
gallium) in LCD displays with CCFL background illumination 8<br />
Table 9: Weight and concentration of precious metals in PCBs in flat<br />
screens. 8<br />
Table 10: Quantities of precious metals in the PCBs of flat screens 9<br />
Table 11: Sales figures for <strong>equipment</strong> with LCD displays (Germany 2010),<br />
the market share of devices with background illumination using<br />
white LEDs (WLEDs) and the estimated number of WLEDs used in<br />
the background illumination per device (see also Section 5.3 5.3) 10<br />
Table 12: Mean weight of <strong>critical</strong> <strong>raw</strong> <strong>materials</strong> in LCD PC monitors (private<br />
market sector) 10<br />
Table 13: Mean weight of <strong>critical</strong> <strong>raw</strong> <strong>materials</strong> in LCD televisions 11<br />
Table 14: Sales, percentage change against previous year and average<br />
price for TV sets (private market) in 2010 (CEMIX 2011) 12<br />
Table 15: Weight and concentration of precious metals in PCBs in notebooks 20<br />
Table 16: Quantities of precious metals in the PCBs of a notebook 21<br />
Table 17: Precious metal concentrations in hard disk drive platters 22<br />
Table 18: Quantity of precious metals in the hard disk drive platters of a<br />
notebook 23<br />
Table 19: Applications and weights of rare earth magnets in notebooks 25<br />
Table 20: Concentrations of rare earths in magnets in notebooks 26<br />
Table 21: Amounts of rare earths in magnets in notebooks 27<br />
Table 22: Sales figures for notebooks used in the private sector (Germany<br />
2010), the market share of devices with background illumination<br />
using white LEDs (WLEDs) and the estimated number of WLEDs<br />
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