• Dhruvi shah
• Hemali Raj
• Kesha Dodiya
• Roma Rathod
• Akshita Shah

Globally, E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream due to rapid growth in technology, planned obsolesces in the electronics industry and increased desire for new electronic products. E-waste has the ugly and good sides because it contains substances that can be classified as hazardous and non-hazardous. Management of metal pollution associated with E-waste is widespread across the globe. Currently used techniques for the extraction of metals from E-waste by using either chemical or biological leaching have their own limitations. Chemical leaching is much rapid and efficient but has its own environmental consequences, even the future prospects of associated nanoremediation are also uncertain. Biological leaching, on the other hand, is comparatively a cost-effective technique but at the same moment it is time consuming and the complete recovery of the metal, alone by biological leaching is not possible in most of the cases. The current review addresses the individual issues related to chemical and biological extraction techniques and proposes a hybrid-methodology which incorporates both, along with safer chemicals and compatible microbes for better and efficient extraction of metals from the E-waste.  

Electronic waste,recycling, Pyrometallurgy, Hydrometallurgy, Biometallurgy  

"A review of Metal extraction methods from E - waste", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.68-72, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901509.pdf

"A review of Metal extraction methods from E - waste", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp68-72, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901509.pdf