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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): Flows, Quantities, and Management—A Global Scenario

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Other literature type 01 Jan 2019 Italy Publisher:Elsevier BV

Authors: Mihai F. -C.; Gnoni M. -G.; Meidiana C.; Ezeah C.; Elia V.;

doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816190-6.00001-7

handle: 11587/440120

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): Flows, Quantities, and Management—A Global Scenario

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Abstract

This chapter aims to reveal the geographies of ewaste flows at global and national levels based on waste statistics data and thematic cartography. WEEE management practices are examined for each major geographical area respectively: Europe, North America, Latin America and Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Pollution and public health threats associated with improper ewaste management practices is a crucial environmental issue, particularly in emerging economies. Generation, collection, treatment, recycling and recovery activities of WEEE fraction are analyzed within each geographical area. The role formal and informal sector is further investigated pointing out the gaps and different prospects in development of sustainable ewaste management systems across developing and developed countries.

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Keywords

Economics, waste disposal, informal sector, Umweltbelastung, recycling, recycling,, Ökologie und Umwelt, [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics], Elektronik, garbage removal, Entwicklungsland, pollution, Ökologie, Recycling, ewaste/weee, Entsorgung, [SHS.STAT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Methods and statistics, Ecology, Nachhaltigkeit, [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering, informeller Sektor, Industriestaat, electronics, public health, Wirtschaft, Economic Sectors, [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography, newly industrializing countries, Abfallverwertung, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, sustainability, hazardous waste, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, Public Health, waste processing, Umweltschutz, recycling management, spatial analysis, Schwellenland, ewaste/weee; waste management; spatial analysis; ecology; public policy, industrial nation, Ecology, Environment, environmental impact, health consequences, environmental protection, E-waste/WEEE; Informal sector; Pollution; Public health; Recycling; Spatial analysis; Sustainability; Waste management, Abfallbeseitigung, gesundheitliche Folgen, developing country, Sondermüll, [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society, Wirtschaftssektoren, Kreislaufwirtschaft, [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies, waste management, ddc: ddc:330, ddc: ddc:577

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