E-waste in the international context – A review of trade flows, regulations, hazards, waste management strategies and technologies for value recovery

Ilankoon, I.M.S.K.; Ghorbani, Yousef; Chong, Meng Nan; Herath, Gamini; Moyo, Thandazile; Petersen, Jochen

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2018.10.018

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“…However, there are papers in the literature indicating the importance of managing waste properly, a problem that grows day by day, particularly in emerging countries. Especially worrying is the case of E-waste, or waste generated from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), considered as one of the fastest growing waste categories [29]. Due to different factors (i.e., significant advances in the electronics and information and communications technology industries, changes in consumption patterns and consumers' lifestyles, short product life spans due to technological innovations, and economic development) the generation of WEEE has increased dramatically compared to other solid waste streams.…”

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Is It Possible to Manage the Product Recovery Processes in an ERP? Analysis of Functional Needs

2019

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In today's business environment, different factors make product return and product recovery increasingly more important in order to recover value and increase the company's profitability. In such an environment, where sustainability concerns and awareness of environmental responsibility in industrial production has considerably grown, reverse logistics (RL) becomes more relevant and, thus, its correct management using suitable information systems (IS) is fundamental. Nevertheless, today's IS in general, and in Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) in particular, are developed based on conventional logistic processes that do not contemplate the specific characteristics of RL. The main objective of this work is to analyze the functional requirements of an IS to manage product recovery processes that serve as a guide to develop a suitable ERP for RL. The research methodology has been conducted with a qualitative approach, through which the main specific requirements that an IS must meet to manage RL have been stablished, and a data model for the development of solutions to the requirements identified in an ERP system has been proposed. For the development in the ERP it is recommended to start with the requirement of RBOM (Reverse Bill Of Materials) management, since it is the most complex development and has a greater relationship with the rest.

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Is It Possible to Manage the Product Recovery Processes in an ERP? Analysis of Functional Needs

2019

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“…In medical applications, the large motion-induced artefacts that occur from the loose coupling between wearable devices and a body part undermine device clinical relevance and accuracy [510][511][512] and increase the need for stable components of the wearable devices that safely interface with the skin without causing complications similar to contact dermatitis [143,513]. It is thus urgent to develop environmentally friendly materials, of low cost, and high reusability meeting the required performance of electrical devices as the diverse and hazardous nature of this waste makes recycling difficult and expensive [514]. Degradability is important since self-protected and self-healable materials will continue performing until they ultimately reach the end of their operational life.…”

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Blood Pressure Sensors: Materials, Fabrication Methods, Performance Evaluations and Future Perspectives

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Advancements in materials science and fabrication techniques have contributed to the significant growing attention to a wide variety of sensors for digital healthcare. While the progress in this area is tremendously impressive, few wearable sensors with the capability of real-time blood pressure monitoring are approved for clinical use. One of the key obstacles in the further development of wearable sensors for medical applications is the lack of comprehensive technical evaluation of sensor materials against the expected clinical performance. Here, we present an extensive review and critical analysis of various materials applied in the design and fabrication of wearable sensors. In our unique transdisciplinary approach, we studied the fundamentals of blood pressure and examined its measuring modalities while focusing on their clinical use and sensing principles to identify material functionalities. Then, we carefully reviewed various categories of functional materials utilized in sensor building blocks allowing for comparative analysis of the performance of a wide range of materials throughout the sensor operational-life cycle. Not only this provides essential data to enhance the materials’ properties and optimize their performance, but also, it highlights new perspectives and provides suggestions to develop the next generation pressure sensors for clinical use.

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“…The problem of e-waste requires to be solved effectively and immediately based on the sustainability principles with the aim of achieving the circular economy objectives, as mentioned earlier [23]. Existing literature has been comprehensively reviewed, and numerous experts in the field have been interviewed in order to find out the way e-waste is managed currently across the world [24][25][26][27][28]. In general, the e-waste management can be classified into improper or proper [13].…”

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Unified Fuzzy Divergence Measures with Multi-Criteria Decision Making Problems for Sustainable Planning of an E-Waste Recycling Job Selection

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In the literature of information theory and fuzzy set doctrine, there exist various prominent measures of divergence; each possesses its own merits, demerits, and disciplines of applications. Divergence measure is a tool to compute the discrimination between two objects. Particularly, the idea of divergence measure for fuzzy sets is significant since it has applications in several areas viz., process control, decision making, image segmentation, and pattern recognition. In this paper, some new fuzzy divergence measures, which are generalizations of probabilistic divergence measures are introduced. Next, we review two different generalizations of the following measures. Firstly, directed divergence (Kullback–Leibler or Jeffrey invariant) and secondly, Jensen difference divergence, based on these measures, we develop a class of unified divergence measures for fuzzy sets (FSs). Then, a method based on divergence measure for fuzzy sets (FSs) is proposed to evaluate the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems under the fuzzy atmosphere. Lastly, an illustrative example of the recycling job selection problem of sustainable planning of the e-waste is presented to demonstrate the reasonableness and usefulness of the developed method.

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E-waste in the international context – A review of trade flows, regulations, hazards, waste management strategies and technologies for value recovery

Cited by 394 publications

References 115 publications

Is It Possible to Manage the Product Recovery Processes in an ERP? Analysis of Functional Needs

Is It Possible to Manage the Product Recovery Processes in an ERP? Analysis of Functional Needs

Blood Pressure Sensors: Materials, Fabrication Methods, Performance Evaluations and Future Perspectives

Unified Fuzzy Divergence Measures with Multi-Criteria Decision Making Problems for Sustainable Planning of an E-Waste Recycling Job Selection

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