Institutional disposition and management of end-of-life electronics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5366-5372

  Babbitt, Callie W ^a   Williams, Eric ^b,c   Kahhat, Ramzy ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; END-OF-LIFE ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HEALTH IMPACT; INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PER UNIT; SMALL COMPANIES; USED EQUIPMENT;

HEALTH RISKS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; METAL WORKING; RECYCLING; SALES; SCRAP METAL; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SURVEYS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ARIZONA; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; UNIVERSITIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79959256996     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1028469     Document Type: Article

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