Recycling of ict equipment in industrialized and developing countries

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 310, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-241

  Böni, Heinz ^a   Schluep, Mathias ^b   Widmer, Rolf ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b World Resources Forum Association   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

E waste; Formal recycling; ICT waste; Informal Recycling; Secondary resources; WEEE

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH HAZARDS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SOCIAL ASPECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

E-WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SECONDARY RESOURCES; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

RECYCLING;

EID: 84927643308     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_13     Document Type: Article

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