An overview of e-waste management in China

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lu, Chenyu ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a,b   Zhong, Yongguang ^c   Ren, Wanxia ^b   Tobias, Mario ^d   Mu, Zhilin ^e   Ma, Zhixiao ^b   Geng, Yong ^b   Xue, Bing ^b,d  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^e The Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee (EPRCC) of the National People s Congress   (China)

Author keywords

China; Circular economy; Waste electrical and electronic equipment; Waste management

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PUBLIC POLICY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

CHINA; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; ENTERPRISE COOPERATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

EID: 84911444280     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 16118227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-014-0256-8     Document Type: Review

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