Characterizing architectural options for electronic waste recycling systems

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fredholm, Susan A ^a,b   Gregory, Jeremy R ^a,c   Kirchain, Randolph E ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Technology and Policy Program of MIT's Engineering Systems Division

^c MIT Energy Initiative

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Author keywords

E Waste; Electronics; Recycling; WEEE

Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CALIFORNIA; E WASTES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ELECTRONICS; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; NETHERLANDS; PER CAPITA; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM STRUCTURES; WEEE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 51849147601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562941     Document Type: Conference Paper

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