Sustainable transition of electronic products through waste policy

Research Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 486-494

  Lauridsen, Erik Hagelskjær ^a   Jørgensen, Ulrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extended Producer Responsibility; Multiple regimes; Sustainable transition; Waste; WEEE directive

Indexed keywords

CO-EVOLUTION; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; MULTI-LEVEL; REGULATORY PRINCIPLES; TOPDOWN; TRANSITION PROCESS; TRANSITION THEORIES; TWO-REGIME; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVES; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WASTE POLICY; WEEE DIRECTIVE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CONSERVATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950047420     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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