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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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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Management Systems in the Developed and the Developing Countries: A Comparative Structural Study
TL;DR: This study figures out the list of the determinants, the structural relationships, and the dynamics within the systems, characterizing and connecting the WEEE-specific problems in the developed and the developing countries.
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Mercury Exposure among E-Waste Recycling Workers in Colombia: Perceptions of Safety, Risk, and Access to Health Information
TL;DR: A qualitative study aimed to understand how recycling workers perceive their own risks from mercury exposure and how they find information about these risks, through interviews (n = 35) at the three largest formal recycling facilities in Colombia as discussed by the authors.
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E-waste In Mexico: A Case Study Of Tepic, Nayarit
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the evaluation of an e-waste selective collection program called "Reciclatron" that has been developed at higher education, as a case study at the Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN), Mexico.
Life cycle assessment study for managing electronic waste using landfill technology
TL;DR: In this paper, a life cycle assessment technique was used to evaluate the impact of the management of electronic waste using landfill technology and the results showed that there is no recovery material produced from the landfill.
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Competitive renaissance through digital transformation
Arturo Camacho,Lucas Taufer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , a management focus section aims to advance a relevant and impactful research agenda in the area of "business strategy and digitalization" through 4 contributions, both conceptual and empirical, that contribute to the understanding of the so-called digital transformation and its implications for both scholars and practitioners.
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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.