Product or waste? Importation and end-of-life processing of computers in Peru

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 6010-6016

  Kahhat, Ramzy ^a   Williams, Eric ^a,b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BOARDS; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; END-OF-LIFE; END-OF-LIFE COMPUTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; LANDFILLING; OPEN BURNING; PRIMARY SOURCES; RECYCLERS; REVERSE SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COPPER DEPOSITS; METAL RECOVERY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRECIOUS METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

RECYCLING;

COPPER; GLASS; METAL;

COMPUTER; COPPER; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPORT; IMPORT; LANDFILL; PRECIOUS METAL; RECYCLING; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONICS; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; LANDFILL; MICROCOMPUTER; PERU; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE;

COMMERCE; COMPUTERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PERU; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68049131604     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8035835     Document Type: Article

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