International Cooperation for Metal Recycling From Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: An Assessment of the "Best-of-Two-Worlds" Approach

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-30

  Manhart, Andreas ^a  

^a Merzhauser Str 173   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic waste (e waste); Hazardous substances; Industrial ecology; International trade; Precious metals; Resource recovery

Indexed keywords

E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); EMERGING ECONOMIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INCOME GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; MARKET-BASED MANAGEMENT; METAL RECYCLING; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RECYCLERS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATERIALS HANDLING; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PALLADIUM; PRECIOUS METALS; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GOLD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PALLADIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79951739995     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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