Environmental Burdens of 63 Metals in their major forms of use and in the interconnectedness of metal production systems. Addresses cumulative energy use, global warming potential, human health implications and ecosystem damage are estimated by metal life cycle stage (mining, purification, and refining). (Plos One)                              

Federal Task Force on Electronics reports progress on sustainable electronics, highlighting successes in establishing green design standards and the devices that meet them, the growing number of certified recyclers and the quality of used electronics export information. (Interagency Task Force on Electronics Stewardship 9/2014)                                                                                                 

Kenya Passes E-Waste Regulations requiring disposal at Government licensed facilities that meet international standards. Recyclers then send processed scrap to UK, China, Hong Kong and others for refining. (Huffington Post)    

Microsoft, GIZ create East Africa Pilot Program to establish best practices for repairing, reusing, refurbishing and material processing of mobile phones in the informal recycling sector. (All Africa)

Patents

Integrated Process Control System for Induction Metal Melting Furnaces can support charge delivery, removal and furnace process control using a robotic device. (Mortimer et al)

Affixing Semi-Conductor Chips onto a circuit board. (Liu et al)

Metal Recovery from Scrap Using Electrolysis. Enables efficient recovery fo metal from sputtering target scrap. (Shindo et al)

Recovering Lead and Indium from Glass by dissolving cullet from CRTs and flat panel displays, electrolyzing the recoverable metals, then removing the metals hydrometallurgically. (Teng, Lidong et al)