The Plasticity of Paint

Rhodes, F. H.; Wells, Joseph H.

doi:10.1021/ie50240a035

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“…This has resulted in predictions that the demand for some elements will soon outstrip supply. 1,12 The key question is what will happen to the prices next and how will demand for all these metals that underpin our technologically advanced lifestyles be met sustainably in the future.…”

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“…Current known reserves of indium, an element which is vital for the production of display devices, solar cells and semiconductors, may run out in as little as 13 years at the current rate of consumption, thus fuelling concerns over the security of supply. 12 If investment is made into developing technologies for recovery at end-of-life, in addition to using the remaining reserves more efficiently, it is hoped that supplies of this element will not be depleted and thus by utilising them in a sustainable manner reserves will be left for future generations.…”

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Elemental Sustainability and the Importance of Scarce Element Recovery

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Clark

2013

Element Recovery and Sustainability

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A growing movement towards the development of “low carbon technologies” and an increased demand for consumer electronics are contributing towards a resource deficit. Many of these technologies require rare and precious metals for their production and use. The reserves of these elements are being depleted at a rapid rate, but they are not “running out” or being destroyed. These unique elements are being quickly dispersed throughout our environment, making their recapture both highly challenging and costly. As such, it is essential to develop new sustainable routes and strategies for the recovery and reuse of these elements. This chapter discusses the issues relating to those elements regarded as being “critical” in terms of having significant international supply risk issues and which are also vital to a nation’s economy (or company’s business). The importance of adopting a sustainable holistic approach to the extraction, processing, use and recovery is highlighted as being vital in ensuring a sustainable long‐term supply of all elements.

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Elemental Sustainability and the Importance of Scarce Element Recovery

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2013

Element Recovery and Sustainability

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“…The second area concerns catalyst development, with an eye on sustainability and toxicity issues. The extremely high cost of precious metals is related to both their rarity and their diminishing fi nite reserves [20] , and is encouraging research into the use of catalysts based on more sustainable metals such as iron [21] . Precious metals such as palladium are also relatively toxic (both to humans and environmentally), so that their emergence as homogeneous catalysts in pharmaceutical processes has been necessarily attended by the parallel development of specialized techniques to reduce residual metal levels in API below 10 ppm [22] .…”

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