E-waste: a problem or an opportunity? Review of issues, challenges and solutions in Asian countries:
Sunil Herat,Pariatamby Agamuthu +1 more
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This article aims to present a review of challenges and issues faced by Asian countries in managing their e-waste in a sustainable way.About:
This article is published in Waste Management & Research.The article was published on 2012-07-30 and is currently open access. It has received 219 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Waste disposal & Cleaner production.read more
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Table 4: Metals used for electric and electronic equipment (EEE) manufacture Source: UNEP and UNU (2007). 
Figure 1: Metal fraction in electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Source: (Widmer et al., 2005) 
Table 6: Studies on impacts on sediments near e-waste recycling sites 
Table 7: Studies on impacts on humans near e-waste recycling sites 
Table 1: Estimated lifespan and weight of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) Source: UNEP and UNU (2009) 
Figure 2. Health risk implications of WEEE
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Removal of heavy metals from water sources in the developing world using low-cost materials: A review.
TL;DR: This review evaluates the use of adsorbents from four major categories: agricultural waste; naturally-occurring soil and mineral deposits; aquatic and terrestrial biomass; and other locally-available waste materials.
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E-waste in the international context – A review of trade flows, regulations, hazards, waste management strategies and technologies for value recovery
I.M.S.K. Ilankoon,Yousef Ghorbani,Meng Nan Chong,Gamini Herath,Thandazile Moyo,Jochen Petersen +5 more
TL;DR: It is argued that given the breadth of available technologies, a more systematic evaluation of the entire e-waste value chain needs to be conducted with a view to establishing integrated management of this resource at the appropriately local rather than global scale.
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Advances in sustainable approaches to recover metals from e-waste-A review
Aminul Islam,Tofayal Ahmed,Md. Rabiul Awual,Aminur Rahman,Monira Sultana,Azrina Abd Aziz,Minhaj Uddin Monir,Siow Hwa Teo,Mehedi Hasan +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of literature on the latest technological approaches in noble and base metals recovery from waste printed circuit boards (PCBs) of electrical and electronic equipment is presented.
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Electronic waste as a secondary source of critical metals: Management and recovery technologies
Arda Işıldar,Arda Işıldar,Eldon R. Rene,Eric D. van Hullebusch,Eric D. van Hullebusch,Piet N.L. Lens,Piet N.L. Lens +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the global state of electronic waste, its management and the latest technological developments in metal recovery from various streams of e-waste are discussed. And perspectives on electronic waste as a secondary source of critical metals are given, including printed circuit boards (PCB), hard disc drives (HDD) and displays.
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Survey and analysis of public knowledge, awareness and willingness to pay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – a case study on household WEEE management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated public knowledge and awareness about the impact of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) on health and environment, their willingness to pay (WTP) for improving WEEE management in Kuala Lumpur, the household electric/electrical equipment's (EEE) product lifetime, the reasons to update, and the deposit and disposal processes of WEEE, and discuss these results within the context of proper management.
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