Generation of and control measures for, e-waste in Hong Kong

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 544-554

  Chung, Shan shan ^a   Lau, Ka yan ^a   Zhang, Chan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL MEASURES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); HONG-KONG; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; PUBLIC SUPPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; REVERSE LOGISTICS; TRADE STATISTICS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RECYCLING; SURVEYS; WASHERS;

WASTES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LOGISTICS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR CONDITIONER; ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATOR; RELIABILITY; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TELEVISION; WASHING MACHINE;

COMMERCE; ELECTRONICS; HONG KONG; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79151480422     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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