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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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Enhancement of electronic protection to reduce e-waste
Yadollah Abdollahi,Yadollah Abdollahi,Suhana Mohd Said,Nor Asrina Sairi,Mohd Faizul Mohd Sabri,Azmi Zakaria,Ebrahim Abouzari-Lotf,Masoumeh Dorraj,Raba’ah Syahidah Aziz +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the fabrication of the varistor was modeled by artificial neural network and the model predicted the optimized condition that was experimentally fabricated and electrically characterized, and the results confirmed the model predictability.
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Surfactant-Assisted Zerovalent Iron Dechlorination Of Polychlorinated Biphenyl In Contaminated Sediment
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper found a remediation process to PCBs contaminated sediments by using zerovalent iron (ZVI), which confirmed the stepwise dechlorination of PCBs by ZVI and the major pathway with congener specifity and regiospecifity.
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Separating Inorganics from the Non-metal Fraction of the Processed Waste PCBS Using Heavy Liquid Separation
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Understanding ICT students' knowledge and awareness on e-waste management in Tanzania
Zaituni Kaijage,Joel S. Mtebe +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study aimed at understanding ICT students' knowledge and awareness of issues related to e-waste and its management in Tanzania was carried out, where the data was collected from a sample of 512 students taking ICT courses in two universities using a questionnaire as a data collection tool.
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Environmental and Health Effects: Exposure to E-waste Pollution
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate with special emphasis on e-waste associated impacts on the environmental and human health, and suggest that there is also need of awareness regarding the toxic chemicals in ewaste and its exposure with ill-health impacts on human.
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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.