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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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Discovering opportunities to meet the challenges of an effective waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling system in Malaysia
TL;DR: In this paper, various aspects of e-waste management in Malaysia were explored to identify the present challenges and opportunities toward proper ewaste collection and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Malaysia.
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Multistage leaching of metals from spent lithium ion battery waste using electrochemically generated acidic lixiviant.
Naomi J. Boxall,Nick Adamek,Nick Adamek,Ka Yu Cheng,Ka Yu Cheng,Nawshad Haque,Warren J. Bruckard,Anna H. Kaksonen,Anna H. Kaksonen +8 more
TL;DR: Though yields obtained with both electrolyte leach solutions were low when compared to the 4 M HCl control, there still remains potential to optimise the conditions for the generation of the acidic anolyte solution and the solubilation of valuable metals from the LIB waste.
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Seeing Red: A Political Economy of Digital Memory
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue for the significance of the materiality of memory and its underlying political economy, and argue that cultural and digital memories are characterized as contested, multiple and often involving interplay and conflict between different power dynamics.
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Analysis of end-of-life treatments of commercial refrigerating appliances: Bridging product and waste policies
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between product design and end-of-life treatment is analyzed based on a case study of commercial refrigerating appliances, which is a suitable case study due to its recent inclusion in the scope of two important European pieces of legislation, the Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment Directive and the Ecodesign Directive.
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Environmental Heavy Metal Contamination from Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Recycling Activities Worldwide: A Systematic Review from 2005 to 2017.
M. G. Karel Houessionon,Edgard-Marius Ouendo,Catherine Bouland,Sylvia Akpene Takyi,Nonvignon Marius Kedote,Benjamin Fayomi,Julius N. Fobil,Niladri Basu +7 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify peer-reviewed studies concerning e-waste sites (published between 2005 and 2017) that reported on the concentration of heavy metals (Cd, Hg, As, Pb and Cr) in soil, water and sediment.
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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.