Projection of waste quantities: The case of e-waste of the People's Republic of China

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1130-1137

  Chung, Shan Shan ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

E waste generation; Electrical and electronic waste; People's Republic of China; waste quantification; WEEE disposal

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; COMPUTATION METHODS; DATA COLLECTION; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; QUANTIFICATION METHODS;

WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; DATA SET; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FORECASTING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CHINA;

EID: 84868118410     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11417986     Document Type: Article

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