Buying back household waste electrical and electronic equipment: Assessing Thailand's proposed policy in light of past disposal behavior and future preferences

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-125

  Manomaivibool, Panate ^a,b   Vassanadumrongdee, Sujitra ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Electronic waste; Obsolescence; Product take back; Recycling; Source separation; Waste collection

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; DROPS; LOCATION; OBSOLESCENCE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECYCLING; SALES; SOURCE SEPARATION; SURVEYS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; LARGE SCALE SURVEYS; OBSOLETE PRODUCTS; POPULATION DENSITIES; PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER; PRODUCT TAKE-BACK; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLLUTION POLICY; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; CAMERA; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION DENSITY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRINTING; PURCHASING; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATOR; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TELEVISION; THAILAND; WASTE DISPOSAL;

THAILAND;

EID: 84866657711     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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