Eco-efficiency as a road-mapping instrument for WEEE implementation

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-43

  Huisman, Jaco ^a   Stevels, Ab ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Electronics recycling; End of life; Policy road map; Waste electric and electronic equipment; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MAPPING; POLLUTION POLICY; RECYCLING; ROAD;

EID: 44649111818     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2008.018538     Document Type: Article

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