Eco-efficiency considerations on the end-of-life of consumer electronic products

IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-25

  Huisman, J ^a   Stevels, A L N ^a   Stobbe, I ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Fraunhofer Institute Reliability and Microintegration   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING;

ECO-EFFICIENCY; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT; RECYCLABILITY;

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 4544378679     PISSN: 1521334X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEPM.2004.832214     Document Type: Article

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