Recycling mobile phone impact on life cycle assessment

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-271

  Soo, Vi Kie ^a   Doolan, Matthew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E waste; Life cycle assessment; Recycling; Waste

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LIFE CYCLE; MOBILE PHONES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TELEPHONE SETS; TOXICITY; WASTES;

E-WASTE RECYCLING; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCBS); RECYCLED MATERIALS; RECYCLING FACILITIES; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

EID: 84903596740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2014.06.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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