1 Introduction
In 2019, 53.6 Mt of e-waste was generated worldwide, and it is predicted to exceed 74 Mt annually in 2030. While this rapid increase in the amount of e-waste is an environmental threa… [+58776 chars]
While the amount of electronic waste is increasing worldwide, the heterogeneity of electronic scrap makes the recycling very complicated. Hydrometallurgical methods are currently applied in e-waste recycling which tend to generate complex polymetalli