E-waste management challenges in Iran: Presenting some strategies for improvement of current conditions

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1138-1144

  Taghipour, Hassan ^a   Nowrouz, Parviz ^a   Jafarabadi, Mohamad Asghari ^a   Nazari, Jalil ^a   Hashemi, Ahmad Asl ^a   Mosaferi, Mohammad ^a   Dehghanzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

challenges; E waste; Iran; management; strategies

Indexed keywords

CHALLENGES; E-WASTE; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC GOODS; ELECTRONIC ITEMS; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; GENERATION RATE; IRAN; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MANAGEMENT POLICY; ON CURRENTS; PRODUCT TAKE-BACK; STRATEGIES; TOTAL MASS; TRAINING PROGRAMMES; USEFUL LIFE; WASTE LEGISLATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN; WASTE STREAM;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; RECYCLING; WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; IRAN; LAPTOP; LAW; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PHOTOCOPIER; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TAPE RECORDER; TELEVISION; VIDEO PROJECTOR; VIDEORECORDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; IRAN; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; TABRIZ; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84868145306     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11420328     Document Type: Article

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