Waste electric and electronic equipment: overview of a sorting process and refuse characterization

Resumo

In the work reported here, we investigate the type of Waste Electric and Eletronic Equipment (WEEE) that is destined to a selective collection program, as well as WEEE management practices and infrastructure of an ecopoint. Once WEEE is not dismantled in the ecopoint, future developments of the resarch must include an assessment of the enterprises that open and separate materials and components from such appliances.