Breakthrough video on Landfill Mining
Recycling of minerals from waste deposits could potentially double the recycling flows while offering an opportunity to address the many problematic landfills. Landfill mining brings many advantages, risks and uncertainties and lacks economic feasibility [1].
Using 100% recycled waste rock (that are disposed of in landfills) in Portland cement concrete leads to lower CO2 emissions and costs as compared to the traditional approach in which the natural aggregate is procured from a site located at a distance of 70 km or more from the construction site [2].
For desktop computers, 49% of all materials and 87% of metals, of which the recycling is possible at the considered end-processing facilities, are effectively recycled. For laptops, these values are 39% and 85%, respectively [3].
[1] (DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.01.005)
[2] (DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.012)
[3] (DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.032)
Resource savings by urban mining: The case of desktop and laptop computers in Belgium: Profile on PlumX
