Informal electronic waste recycling: A sector review with special focus on China
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...From August 2008, WEEE related regulations have been stricter, but Chinese manufacturers have not been more active to cooperate with customers such as taking back used products due to existing informal recyclers and lack of a used products collection system due to their lack of understanding of the implications of this regulation (Chi et al., 2011; Ju et al., 2010)....
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...…manufacturers have not been more active to cooperate with customers such as taking back used products due to existing informal recyclers and lack of a used products collection system due to their lack of understanding of the implications of this regulation (Chi et al., 2011; Ju et al., 2010)....
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...For example, more than 70% of the global e-waste flows to China, where informal electronic recycling is performed at the expense of public and environmental health (Chi et al., 2011; Vergara and Tchobanoglous, 2012)....
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...In the recycling sector, the literature shows that informal waste recycling is carried out by poor and marginalized social groups who resort to scavenging and waste picking for income and survival (Wilson et al., 2006)....
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...Therefore integrating the informal sector into waste management planning while working to improve efficiency and the living and working conditions of those involved is a preferred option (Wilson et al., 2006)....
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