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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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An Exploratory Study on Producer’s Perspective towards E-Waste Management: A Case of Emerging Markets
Sonal Thukral,Meenakshi Singh +1 more
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On Exploring the Various Challenges and Success Criteria towards the E-waste Management in Developing Countries and Studying the Possible Interrelationships amongst them
TL;DR: Proposed research work explores the various challenges and success factors towards the e-waste management and explores the relationship amongst them using ISM methodology.
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Municipal solid waste management with recyclable potential in developing countries: Current scenario and future perspectives
TL;DR: In this article , the authors identify relevant articles describing/studies on municipal solid waste management with social inclusion of scavengers around the world, and analyse these articles in order to present its main characteristics, and provide a more detailed summary of MSWRP management in some developing countries: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan.
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A Review Paper on "E-Waste" Technology
Aditya Vijayvargiya,Kapil Sahu +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a kind of unwanted electronic or electrical appliances such as entertainment electronics, computers, mobile phones and other items that have somewhere been discarded by their existing users are discussed.
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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.