Producer responsibility when WEEE has a value

Electronics Goes Green 2012+, ECG 2012 - Joint International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Seager, Daniel ^a   Hieronymi, Klaus ^a   McIntrye, Kirstie ^a   Guilcher, Herve ^a   Janse Van Rensburg, Ruben ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PRINCIPLES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EMERGING MARKETS; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT; HUMAN HEALTH; SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS;

COMMERCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXHIBITIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84871849291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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