Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem
Waste from used electrical and electronic equipment, commonly known as e-waste, is growing at a higher rate than the regular municipal waste streams. Global generation of e-waste in 2019 was 53.6 million tonnes. Rising demand for high technology products and their early obsolescence coupled with lac...
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Action for Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness
2020-12-01
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| description | Waste from used electrical and electronic equipment, commonly known as e-waste, is growing at a higher rate than the regular municipal waste streams. Global generation of e-waste in 2019 was 53.6 million tonnes. Rising demand for high technology products and their early obsolescence coupled with lack of proper end-of-life management options have all led to unsustainable management of e-waste in many countries. Recycling, design for environment, extended producer responsibility and public-private partnerships (PPPs) are some of the practices attempted by many countries to achieve sustainability in solving the e-waste problem. This paper provides an overview of the practices mentioned above. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2862e61e6124b38ae51502db64476a12022-12-21T19:28:57ZengAction for Sustainable Efficacious Development and AwarenessEnvironment Conservation Journal0972-30992278-51242020-12-0121310.36953/ECJ.2020.21302Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problemSunil Herat0School of Engineering and Built Environment, Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Queensland 4111, AustraliaWaste from used electrical and electronic equipment, commonly known as e-waste, is growing at a higher rate than the regular municipal waste streams. Global generation of e-waste in 2019 was 53.6 million tonnes. Rising demand for high technology products and their early obsolescence coupled with lack of proper end-of-life management options have all led to unsustainable management of e-waste in many countries. Recycling, design for environment, extended producer responsibility and public-private partnerships (PPPs) are some of the practices attempted by many countries to achieve sustainability in solving the e-waste problem. This paper provides an overview of the practices mentioned above.https://journal.environcj.in/index.php/ecj/article/view/58design for environmente-wasteextended producer responsibilityhealth impactspublic-private-partnershipssustainability |
| spellingShingle | Sunil Herat Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem Environment Conservation Journal design for environment e-waste extended producer responsibility health impacts public-private-partnerships sustainability |
| title | Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem |
| title_full | Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem |
| title_fullStr | Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem |
| title_short | Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem |
| title_sort | achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste e waste problem |
| topic | design for environment e-waste extended producer responsibility health impacts public-private-partnerships sustainability |
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