Composition and recycling of smartphones: A mini-review on gaps and opportunities.
Waste Manag Res
; 41(10): 1512-1528, 2023 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-37052313
After more than a decade since smartphones became consolidated in the market, many recycling solutions have been proposed to deal with them. To continue developing useful solutions and enable adjustment of routes, this mini-review aims to analyse the current research scenario, presenting relevant gaps, trends and opportunities. From a structured searching and screening procedure, a vast source of data was arranged and is available to extract useful information (43 studies on composition and 93 studies on recycling). The study provides discussions about the history of smartphone development, constituent materials and recycling methods for different components, comparisons between feature phones and smartphones and others. Among some conclusions, the authors highlight the lack of studies on pre-extractive methods, green chemistry, recovery of critical and precious metals, determination of priority materials for recovery and solutions for entire devices. In the end, a list containing six research gaps for composition studies and seven research gaps for recycling studies is provided and may be seen as opportunities for future research.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Resíduo Eletrônico
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Smartphone
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Waste Manag Res
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido