Abstract This study reviews recent developments, challenges, and the prospect of electronic waste (e-waste). Various aspects e-waste, including collection, pre-treatment, recycling, are discussed briefly. It is found that Europe leading collector followed by Asia, America, Oceania, Africa. The monetary worth e-waste raw materials estimated to be $57.0 billion. However, only $10.0 billion recycl...

In Europe, EU regulation such as the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive makes Original Equipment Manufacturers formally responsible for the set-up of collection and recovery systems. These stringent European directives on consumer waste will result in an increasing demand for cost efficient disassembly systems at a high capacity. The European WEEE directive does...