Mobile phone waste management and recycling: Views and trends

Waste Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 536-545

  Sarath, P ^a   Bonda, Sateesh ^a   Mohanty, Smita ^a   Nayak, Sanjay K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

E waste; Mobile phone waste; Recycling; Review; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; RECYCLING; REVIEWS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER AWARENESS; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYMER;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT RECOVERY; RECYCLING; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

CELL PHONES; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84946497916     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.09.013     Document Type: Review

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