I was wondering in what magnitude we're able to recover precious and scarce metals from electronic waste. The question is about effectiveness of an industrial scale recycling facility. Not taking into account return rates or similar, it is just about the technically and likely economically feasible recovery rate. Any figures in percentages of recovered metals (and their purity) highly appreciated.
Background: I red about recovery rates well above 90% for tantalum and tin but can hardly beliefe that. I.e. here:
Bulach W., Schüler D., Sellin G., Elwert T., Schmid D., Goldmann D., & Buchert M. (2016): Elektrofahrzeugrecycling 2020 - Schlüsselkomponente Leistungselektronik. Online available under: https://www.oeko.de/fileadmin/oekodoc/Elektrofahrzeugrecycling-2020-Schluesselkomponente-Leistungselektronik.pdf [Accessed March 27, 2017].