Greening academia: Use and disposal of mobile phones among university students

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1617-1634

  Ongondo, F O ^a   Williams, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY LIFE; CASH PAYMENTS; EASE OF USE; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EVENT-BASED; HIGHER EDUCATION; LARGE SCALE SURVEYS; LOW COSTS; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MONETARY VALUE; NETWORK OPERATOR; RARE METALS; RECYCLING OPERATIONS; SHORT LIFECYCLE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL-SCALE TRIAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WASTE MATERIALS; WASTE STREAM;

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RECYCLING; REUSABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; RECYCLING; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955473463     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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