E-waste in Portugal — A higher education-based study

Marques, Célio Gonçalo; Silva, Vasco Gestosa da

doi:10.23919/cisti.2017.7975793

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“…The waste management actions reported in the literature are pretty broad. For instance,Marques and da Silva (2017) describe the experience of Portuguese universities in managing their e-waste;Ahmed et al (2018) illustrate the potential for reducing food waste generation through student engagement at a US university; andMadrigal and Oracion (2018) evaluate the solid waste management awareness, attitude, and practices of the employees and students of a Catholic HEI in the Philippines, to cite a few cases of waste management actions undertaken by HEIs. Effective waste management at an HEI requires high levels of engagement from the academic community since it is a collaborative activity.Given the fact that components 2 (emissions/procurement) and 3 (energy) are the ones with the lowest mean in both samples (students and experts), and considering the potential to damage the environment (emissions) and cause financial and governance losses, it is possible to suggest that they be considered as core factors in the formulation of strategies to improve sustainable development initiatives promoted by HEIs.…”

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Perceptions of the academic community on the performance of sustainable development initiatives in higher education

Filho,

de Vasconcelos,

Ferreira

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Sustainable Development

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Since the UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm in 1972, higher education institutions (HEIs) have been adapting to assume their social role in supporting societies in promoting sustainable lifestyles. However, HEIs are complex institutions composed of several interdependent subsystems. Sustainable improvement requires holistic assessment measures to comply with established goals. To date, few studies have focused on comparing the different perceptions of sustainability in HEIs and considering the views of the academic community in shaping the efforts and better disseminating sustainable development initiatives. To fill this gap, this work aimed to implement a methodology that compares the perceptions of sustainability and the implemented actions among members of HEIs to show the discrepancies between perceptions and facts. Many studies report either the perception of members of the academic community or the technical assessment of the sustainable performance of the institution in isolation. The novelty of this work lies in developing a tool that allows the use of a similar scale to compare the perception of users of academic services with the valuation attributed by technicians responsible for implementing sustainable development initiatives at HEIs. Analysing of these results enables the identification of dimensions with discrepancies, guiding managers as they carry out actions to promote greater community engagement in implementing sustainability initiatives that boost the consolidation of these values in the institutional culture. Additionally, it is highlighted that the proposed methodology could be adapted for use in other types of institutions, maintaining the same benefits described here.

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Perceptions of the academic community on the performance of sustainable development initiatives in higher education

Filho,

de Vasconcelos,

Ferreira

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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“…No final do ciclo de vida do equipamento eletrônico, devido à obsolescência, fim do suporte pelo fabricante e/ou altos custos para possíveis reparos, a administração pública torna-se potencial geradora de resíduos eletrônicos (VICTOR; KUMAR, 2012;RAWAT, 2018), pois atuam em áreas importantes como educação (AGAMUTHU; KASAPO;NORDIN, 2015;MARQUES;SILVA, 2017), saúde, economia, ciência, tecnologia, agricultura (KITILA; WOLDEMIKAEL, 2019) e segurança pública. Os EEE armazenados nas AG, quando não doados para instituições de interesse público, são baixados como inservíveis ou sucatas e leiloados.…”

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Gerenciamento de resíduos eletrônicos de tecnologia da informação de origem governamental

Jesus,

Yamane,

Siman

2023

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“…In this paper, the solutions presented by the Portuguese representation are described. Following this program, a study was carried out with 113 students, where we tried to understand the knowledge they had about the problem and their opinion about the solutions presented by the Portuguese representation (Marques & Silva, 2017). …”

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E-waste Management in Portugal: Legislation, Practices and Recommendations

Marques

Silva

2017

Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management

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The use of electrical and electronic devices has grown exponentially in the last years thanks to technological advances and its wide dissemination. Consequently, the number of obsolete equipment (electronic waste or e-waste) has also increased significantly, becoming a major problem for society. This paper deals with electronic waste and explains the concept and risks for the particular case of Portugal. Measures to reduce the problem such as legislation, education production R&D and social responsibility are also discussed. And finally, a survey is presented which was carried out in two Portuguese Higher Education institutions with a view to determining students' awareness, attitudes and opinions on this matter.

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E-waste in Portugal — A higher education-based study

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Perceptions of the academic community on the performance of sustainable development initiatives in higher education

Perceptions of the academic community on the performance of sustainable development initiatives in higher education

Gerenciamento de resíduos eletrônicos de tecnologia da informação de origem governamental

E-waste Management in Portugal: Legislation, Practices and Recommendations

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