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Handling e-waste in developed and developing countries: initiatives, practices, and consequences.
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The faster growth of e-waste generated in the developing than in the developed world presages continued expansion of a pervasive and inexpensive informal processing sector, efficient in its own way, but inherently hazard-ridden.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 438 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Extended producer responsibility & Hazardous waste.read more
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Prevention-intervention strategies to reduce exposure to e-waste.
Michelle Heacock,Brittany A Trottier,Sharad Adhikary,Kwadwo Ansong Asante,Nil Basu,Marie Noel Brune,Jack Caravanos,David O. Carpenter,Danielle Cazabon,Paromita Chakraborty,Aimin Chen,Fernando Diaz Barriga,Bret Ericson,Julius N. Fobil,R. Budi Haryanto,Xia Huo,T. K. Joshi,Philip J. Landrigan,Adeline R Lopez,Frederico Magalini,Panida Navasumrit,Antonio Pascale,Sankar Sambandam,Upik Sitti Aslia Kamil,Leith Sly,Peter D. Sly,Ann Suk,Inoka Suraweera,Ridwan Tamin,Elena Vicario,William A. Suk +30 more
TL;DR: Although recycling practices and exposures vary by scale and geographic region, case studies of e-waste recycling scenarios and intervention approaches to reduce or prevent exposures to the hazardous substances in e-Waste that may be broadly applicable to diverse situations are presented.
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Supply chain analysis of e-waste processing plants in developing countries
TL;DR: The study revealed the most intriguing issues and challenges of e-waste processing plants considering the requirements of different stakeholders and showed formal collection, storage, semi-informal collection, and e-Waste quality to be the major issues of processing plants.
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Go Green with WEEE: Eco-friendly approach for handling e- waste
TL;DR: The awareness in people for handling obsolete electronic products is discussed and a green framework for e-waste handling is suggested, defining the need of green manufacturing and its approaches which can lead to solutions for WEEE.
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An assessment of e-waste generation and environmental management of selected countries in Africa, Europe and North America: A systematic review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed previous research on e-waste generation and management practices of selected-countries - Canada, France, United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria and South Africa; provides an overview of progress made and identifies areas for improvement.
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Policy approaches on E-waste in the emerging economies: A review of the existing governance with special reference to India and South Africa
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the existing E-waste governance in the emerging economies, taking into consideration the evidence and experiences of a number of representative countries, is presented.
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E-waste: An assessment of global production and environmental impacts
TL;DR: Miniaturisation and the development of more efficient cloud computing networks, where computing services are delivered over the internet from remote locations, may offset the increase in E-waste production from global economic growth and theDevelopment of pervasive new technologies.
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Global perspectives on e-waste
TL;DR: The Basel Ban, an amendment to the Basel Convention that has not yet come into force, would go one step further by prohibiting the export of e-waste from developed to industrializing countries as discussed by the authors.
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Export of toxic chemicals – A review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling
Ming Hung Wong,Shengchun Wu,Wenjing Deng,X. Z. Yu,Qian Luo,Anna Oi Wah Leung,Coby S.C. Wong,W. J. Luksemburg,A. S. Wong +8 more
TL;DR: It is obvious that the environment is highly contaminated by these toxic chemicals derived from the recycling processes, especially on tracking the exposure pathways of different toxic chemicals which may affect the workers and local residents especially mothers, infants and children.
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Spatial distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in soil and combusted residue at Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling site in southeast China.
TL;DR: The crude processing of e-waste has become one of the major contributors of PBDEs and PCDD/Fs to the terrestrial environment and acid leaching and open burning emitted the highest concentrations.
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Heavy Metals Concentrations of Surface Dust from e-Waste Recycling and Its Human Health Implications in Southeast China
TL;DR: Risk assessment predicted that Pb and Cu originating from circuit board recycling have the potential to pose serious health risks to workers and local residents of Guiyu, especially children, and warrants an urgent investigation into heavy metal related health impacts.