This book reviews the problem of the generation of Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE), the main challenges we face and the line in
which legislation and government policies are advancing. It also
includes the Best Available Techniques (BAT) and presents the production
schemes of the main companies in the sector.In the second part of the
book, a method is proposed to recover the metals present in computer
motherboards and the process is carried out step by step, including
conclusions and recommendations.Finally, an economic study is carried
out estimating how much it would cost to scale up a process of these
characteristics to an industrial level to process the WEEE produced in a
city like Medellín (Colombia).