Application of material flow analysis to estimate the efficiency of e-waste management systems: The case of Lithuania

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 763-777

  Gurauskiene, Inga ^a   Stasiškiene, Žaneta ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

E waste; e waste management system; electrical and electronic equipment; Lithuania; material flow analysis

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; E-WASTE; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; FLOW ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; LIFE SPAN; LITHUANIA; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MEMBER COUNTRIES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; LITHUANIA; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LITHUANIA;

EID: 79959873384     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11406171     Document Type: Article

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