E-waste assessment in Malaysia

Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 389-395

  Soo, Vi Kie ^a   Featherston, Charles ^a   Doolan, Matthew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E waste recycling; End of life mobile phones; Landfill; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; METAL RECOVERY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; SYSTEM THEORY; WASTES;

DRIVING FACTORS; E-WASTE RECYCLING; END OF LIVES; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; PUBLIC AWARENESS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH; WASTE ASSESSMENT;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

EID: 84926190286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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