Time-series product and substance flow analyses of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment in China

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 489-497

  Habuer, ^a   Nakatani, Jun ^a   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Household appliance; Obsolescence amount; Product flow analysis; Substance flow analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; OBSOLESCENCE; TIME SERIES;

CALCULATION SCHEME; CHINA; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PRODUCT FLOW; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COPPER; IRON;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TELEVISION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR CONDITIONER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; END OF LIFE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GENERAL DEVICE; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; REFRIGERATOR; RURAL AREA; TELEVISION; TIME SERIES PRODUCT FLOW ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASHING MACHINE;

CHINA;

CHINA; HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE; OBSOLESCENCE AMOUNT; PRODUCT FLOW ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS;

CHINA; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; METALS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892486363     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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