Takeback systems for mobile phones: Review and recommendations

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Waste and Resource Management

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-35

  Beigl, Peter ^a   Schneider, Felicitas ^a   Salhofer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Information technology; Recycling reuse of materials; Waste management disposal

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRANCH SYSTEM; COLLECTION PERFORMANCE; COLLECTION RATES; COLLECTION SCHEMES; COLLECTION SYSTEMS; END OF LIVES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84858255801     PISSN: 17476526     EISSN: 17476534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/warm.2012.165.1.25     Document Type: Article

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