China's toxic informal e-waste recycling: Local approaches to a global environmental problem

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 71-80

  Orlins, Sabrina ^a   Guan, Dabo ^b,c  

^a SynTao Co Ltd   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; E waste; Environmental impacts; Informal worker; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEAVY METALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTES;

CHINA; E-WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INFORMAL WORKER; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84930813338     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.090     Document Type: Article

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