Exporting harm, scavenging value: Transnational circuits of e-waste between Japan, China and beyond

Area

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-47

  Kirby, Peter Wynn ^a   Lora Wainwright, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; E waste; Ethnography; Japan; Transborder; Waste

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXPORT; POLICY APPROACH; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; JAPAN;

PROTEA;

EID: 84922166736     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/area.12169     Document Type: Article

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