Present status of the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Korea

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-397

  Lee, Jae chun ^a   Song, Hyo Teak ^b   Yoo, Jae Min ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Association of Electronics Environment   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrical home appliances (EHAs); Extended producer responsibility (EPR); Printed circuit boards (PCB); Recovery; Recycling; Valuable metals; Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WASHING MACHINES;

ELECTRICAL HOME APPLIANCES (EHA); EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR); VALUABLE METALS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE);

RECYCLING;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; WASHING MACHINES;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; RECYCLING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KOREA; MACHINE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATOR; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 34247615074     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.01.010     Document Type: Review

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