Towards a new waste regime?: Critical reflections on China's shifting market for high-tech discards

China Perspectives

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 43-50

  Schulz, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecological modernisation; Electrical and electronic appliances; Environmental impact; Recycling; Waste regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941268309     PISSN: 20703449     EISSN: 19964617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/chinaperspectives.6798     Document Type: Article

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