Technical solutions to improve global sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the EU and China

Journal of Remanufacturing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Long, Euan ^a   Kokke, Saskia ^a   Lundie, Donald ^a   Shaw, Nicola ^a   Ijomah, Winifred ^a   Kao, Chih chuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Design for disassembly; EoL treatment; EU; Mobile phones; WEEE policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018192844     PISSN: 2210464X     EISSN: 22104690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13243-015-0023-6     Document Type: Article

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