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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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Innovating Collection Modes for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in China
Jian Cao,Jiayang Xu,Hui Wang,Xuemei Zhang,Xihui Chen,Yunwen Zhao,Xiaoli Yang,Gengui Zhou,Jerald L. Schnoor +8 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors presented the existing framework and problems of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) collection in China, according to which four innovative WEEE collection modes are put forward: (i) Unified collection channels mode, (ii) Manufacturer alliance mode; (iii) Innovative enterprise self-built network platform mode; and (iv) Third-party integrated network platform model.
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E-Waste in Transition - From Pollution to Resource
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reveal the pollution side of this waste stream with critical implications on the environment and public health, and also point out the resource side which must be further developed under the circular economy framework with respect to safety regulations.
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Policy issues for efficient management of E-waste in developing countries
TL;DR: In this article, the policy constraints of developing countries for the effective management of E-waste have been analyzed with some particular examples, and the current practices, policy comparison between the developed and developing countries, and recommendations for a circular economy to the sustainable Ewaste management in developing countries have been included.
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Waste management and competitiveness of firms in Europe: A stochastic frontier approach
TL;DR: Intriguing results are revealed about the positive effect that achieved recycling rates of packaging, electronic and bio-waste can exert on the competitiveness of firms, although differences emerge across the countries considered.
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Profiles, sources, and transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils affected by electronic waste recycling in Longtang, south China.
TL;DR: PAHs were mainly derived from the incomplete combustion of e-waste, particularly by former open burning activities, and were found in all six sampling site types, indicating that PAHs originated from similar sources.
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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.