"control-Alt-Delete": Rebooting Solutions for the E-Waste Problem

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7095-7108

  Li, Jinhui ^a   Zeng, Xianlai ^a   Chen, Mengjun ^b   Ogunseitan, Oladele A ^c   Stevels, Ab ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; E-WASTE RECYCLING; ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); MATERIAL SUBSTITUTIONS; NATIONAL LEGISLATION; RECYCLING PROCESS; TECHNICAL CAPACITY;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LEGISLATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY APPROACH; RECYCLING; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CONSUMER; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; RECYCLING; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84934938246     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00449     Document Type: Review

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