An analysis of E-waste flows in China

Veenstra, Anne Fleur van; Wang, Cathy; Fan, Wenji; Ru, Yi

doi:10.1007/s00170-009-2356-5

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“…E-waste in the fastest growing waste stream in EU, predicted to grow to 12 million tonnes by 2020 (Computer Aid International, 2010). It is estimated that in China 83 million units of electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) were scrapped in 2007 reaching to 227 million by 2012 with an average annual growth of 19.9% (Veenstra et al, 2010). In Japan it is estimated thataround 12.9 million units of EEE were collected at the specified collection points in 2008 (Ministry of Environment, Japan, 2010).…”

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E-waste: a problem or an opportunity? Review of issues, challenges and solutions in Asian countries

2012

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Safe management of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste/ WEEE) is becoming a major problem in many countries around the world. In particular, developing countries face number of issues with the generation, transboundary movement and management of e-waste. It is estimated that the world generates around 20-50 million tonnes of e-waste annually, most of it from Asian countries. Improper handling of ewaste can cause harm to the environment and human health due to its toxic components. Several countries around the world are now struggling to deal with this emerging threat. Although the current emphasis is on end-of-life management of ewaste activities such as reuse, servicing, remanufacturing, recycling and disposal; upstream reduction of e-waste generation through green design and cleaner production is gaining much attention. Environmentally sound management (ESM) of e-waste in developing countries is absent or very limited. Transboundary movement of e-waste is a major issue in the region. Dealing with the informal recycling sector is a complex social and environmental issue. There are significant numbers of such challenges faced by these countries in achieving ESM of e-waste. This paper aims to present a review of challenges and issues faced by Asian countries in managing their e-waste in a sustainable way.

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E-waste: a problem or an opportunity? Review of issues, challenges and solutions in Asian countries

2012

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“…EPR is also a main facet to most global WEEE legislation in the EU, U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, and Japan. Connected to take-back effectiveness are studies on consumer behaviour and use of household electronics and their and willingness to recycle (Wang et al, 2011a, b;Veenstra et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2013). There are also some case studies that look at e-waste collection channels in Dalian (Qu et al, 2013) exploring a "green communities" model and in Taizhou (Chi et al, 2014) looking at household disposal strategies.…”

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China's toxic informal e-waste recycling: local approaches to a global environmental problem

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2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Also, it offers the advantage of statistically examining multiple transitions simultaneously. In doing so, we take recourse to one such study which attempts to map the e-waste flow for the case of China (Veenstra et al, 2010). Much of their work analyzes the perturbations of the matrix of transition probabilities to simulate the WEEE flow patterns in China.…”

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confidence: 99%