The generation, impact, and management of E-Waste: State of the art

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1577-1678

  Premalatha, M ^a   Tabassum Abbasi, ^a   Abbasi, Tasneem ^a,b   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dioxin; E waste; landfill; lead; mercury; MSW; PCB

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LAND FILL; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; WASTES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIOXIN; E-WASTE; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; MSW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIOXIN; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; LEGISLATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCB; RECYCLING; TRAFFICKING;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA; SWITZERLAND; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84904313828     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2013.782171     Document Type: Review

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