Time bomb or hidden treasure? Characteristics of junk TVs and of the US households who store them

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-529

  Milovantseva, Natalia ^a   Saphores, Jean Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Count models; E Waste recycling; Televisions

Indexed keywords

COUNT MODELS; E-WASTE RECYCLING; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MATERIAL CONTENT; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS; RECYCLING STRATEGY; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES;

CATHODE RAY TUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTES;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; STORAGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875264045     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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