Behavior of urban residents toward the discarding of waste electrical and electronic equipment: A case study in Baoding, China

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1187-1197

  Li, Jinhui ^a   Liu, Lili ^a   Ren, Junshu ^a   Duan, Huabo ^a   Zheng, Lixia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

recycling behavior; recycling channel; treatment cost; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; AIR CONDITIONERS; INFORMATION , COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGIES; PURCHASE PRICE; RECYCLING BEHAVIORS; RECYCLING CHANNELS; SAMPLE SIZES; SECOND-HAND MARKETS; SOUND RECYCLING; TREATMENT COSTS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COSTS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; WASHERS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RECYCLING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATOR; TELEVISION; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATTITUDE; CHINA; CITIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BAODING; CHINA; HEBEI;

EID: 84868128176     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12456728     Document Type: Article

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