Basics

This page goes over the complex and dangerous process that is E-Waste Recycling
Not too relevant to OSE now, main thing is give waste to proper facilities that follow all of the "best practices" and are approvedby the Basel Action Network

Process

This needs some work, the gold removal is heavily documented in even non-academic sources, the removal of other elements is less mentioned (may need to dig for papers when such data is needed)

This tends to be the most labor intensive
In the optimal system it also would include Refurbishent and donation / sale at a lower cost
- Also certain "obsolete tech" may have value to enthusiasts, or as movie props (both of which have established business models (add sources in) )
The various donated items are sorted via product type (monitors, cell phones, smart phones, computer towers, etc), then on quality/state (ie if it can be recovered/reused, or if it is truely beyond repair)
Usable small componets such as capacitors and batteries can be removed and refurbished/reused as well during the dissasembly phase
Beyond this step the process begins to function similar to Ore Processing

This can be done in a seperated manner, and some things may require removal, but typically all "unredemables" are dumped into a Hammermill and/orShredder
The resulting shreds are then sourted into Magnetic Metals, Non-Magnetic Metals, and Plastics/Composites
The Plastic Recyclables and Composite Materials are sent to the corrosponding facilites/workflows
The other streams are sent into the next phases of the e-waste processing workflow

The remaining materials, typically in the form of shreds are put into a Leaching workflow
Cyanide Leaching is common to remove gold (from electrical connectors/paths)