There has been an exponential growth in the waste Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and other electronic circuit scraps every year. These electronic and PCB scraps can be recycled so as to effectively regenerate the metal from the waste non-degradable components. This paper provides a methodology for simple, optimal, economical and efficacious recovery of copperfrom printed circuit boards that are found in almost all electric-electronic equipments and concludes that electrolytic process is an ecofriendly and efficacious with a minimal discharge of effluents. The paper also envisages on etching rate and various other parameters affecting the rate of copper recovery.

Keywords: PCB, Copper, Copper recovery, etchant, Ammoniacal copper sulphate.