Business-to-Business Information Technology User Practices at End of Life in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-237

  Peagam, Richard ^a   Mcintyre, Kirstie ^b   Basson, Lauren ^c   France, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c The Green House in Cape Town ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

E waste; Electronic scrap; Extended producer responsibility (EPR); Industrial ecology; Recycling; Waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; WASTE ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COMPLIANCE; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKET; RECYCLING; REFURBISHMENT; WASTE;

FRANCE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876328543     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12017     Document Type: Article

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