A roadmap for development of sustainable E-waste management system in India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-32

  Wath, Sushant B ^a   Vaidya, Atul N ^a   Dutt, P S ^a   Chakrabarti, Tapan ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Advance Recycling Fee (ARF); Developing countries; E waste management; Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR); Government

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; E-WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; RECYCLING FEE; ROAD-MAPS; ROADMAP; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SWITZERLAND;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RECYCLING; WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; POLLUTION TAX; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDIA; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SWITZERLAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INDIA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78149357854     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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