Status of end-of-life electronic product remanufacturing in China

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 577-587

  Tan, Quanyin ^a   Zeng, Xianlai ^a   Ijomah, Winifred L ^b   Zheng, Lixia ^c   Li, Jinhui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Asia and the Pacific   (China)

Author keywords

E scrap; Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE); End of life product; Environmental strategy; Industrial ecology; Remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY;

E-SCRAP; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; END-OF-LIFE PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; REMANUFACTURING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; SOLID WASTE;

CHINA;

EID: 84905967186     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12124     Document Type: Article

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