Sustainable management of electronic waste (e-waste)

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Herat, Sunil ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic waste (e waste); Environmental Safety; Producer responsibility; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTES;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348948917     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700022     Document Type: Review

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