Evaluating obsolete electronic products for disassembly, material recovery and environmental impact through a decision support system

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 221-225

  Shrivastava, Puneet ^a   Zhang, Hong C ^a   Li, Jianzhi ^b   Whitely, Allen ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c DELL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic Recycling System; End of life product recycling management; Life Cyle Analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LIFE CYCLE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RECYCLING;

ELECTRONIC RECYCLING SYSTEMS; END-OF-LIFE-PRODUCT RECYCLING MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRODUCT MODELS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 28744456194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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