From electronic consumer products to e-wastes: Global outlook, waste quantities, recycling challenges

Tansel, Berrin

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2016.10.002

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“…Taylor and Todd [14,26] were among a few researchers who used the DTPB for investigating customers' recycling behavior in the context of waste management. Several new studies were also analyzing the main factors influencing reuse and recycling behavior in the context of waste management [83][84][85][86].…”

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Factors Influencing Consumers’ Intention to Return the End of Life Electronic Products through Reverse Supply Chain Management for Reuse, Repair and Recycling

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Abstract:Resource depletion, population growth and environmental problems force companies to collect their end of life (EOL) products for reuse, recycle and refurbishment through reverse supply chain management (RSCM). Success in collecting the EOL products through RSCM depends on the customers' participation intention. The objectives of this study are: (1) To examine the important factors influencing customers' attitude to participate in RSCM; (2) To examine the important factors influencing customers' subjective norm to participate in RSCM; (3) To examine the main factors influencing customers' perceived behavioral control to participate in RSCM; (4) To examine the influence of attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control on customers' participation intention in RSCM. The Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (DTPB) has been chosen as the underpinning theory for this research. The research conducted employed the quantitative approach. Non-probability (convenience sampling) method was used to determine the sample and data was collected using questionnaires. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was employed. A total of 800 questionnaires were distributed among customers of electronic products in Malaysia. Finally, the questionnaire was distributed among the customers in electronic retailer companies based on convenience sampling method. The empirical results confirm that consumers perception about the risk associated with EOL electronic products, consumers' ecological knowledge and relative advantages associated with reuse, repair and recycling can influence the attitude of consumers to return the EOL products for reuse, repair and recycling to producer.Keywords: sustainable waste management; decomposed theory of planned behavior; theory of planned behavior; reverse supply chain management; reuse; repair; recycle

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Factors Influencing Consumers’ Intention to Return the End of Life Electronic Products through Reverse Supply Chain Management for Reuse, Repair and Recycling

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“…In addition, the US is one of the main exporters of e-waste, which contributes to national resource depletion especially for value-added materials, e.g. rare earth materials (BAN, 2002;Duan et al, 2013;Tansel et al, 2017). As state legislation varies from state to state, they are not usually characterized by common principles.…”

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

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Gnoni²,

Meidiana³

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Electronic Waste Management and Treatment Technology

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“…Most electronic devices are now considered “disposable,” but they contain toxic metals and organics, are difficult to recycle, and are not biodegradable. Therefore, it is not surprising that electronic waste (e-waste) is becoming a substantial environmental and health concern (1, 2). …”

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e-Biologics: Fabrication of Sustainable Electronics with “Green” Biological Materials

Lovley

2017

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The growing ubiquity of electronic devices is increasingly consuming substantial energy and rare resources for materials fabrication, as well as creating expansive volumes of toxic waste. This is not sustainable. Electronic biological materials (e-biologics) that are produced with microbes, or designed with microbial components as the guide for synthesis, are a potential green solution. Some e-biologics can be fabricated from renewable feedstocks with relatively low energy inputs, often while avoiding the harsh chemicals used for synthesizing more traditional electronic materials. Several are completely free of toxic components, can be readily recycled, and offer unique features not found in traditional electronic materials in terms of size, performance, and opportunities for diverse functionalization. An appropriate investment in the concerted multidisciplinary collaborative research required to identify and characterize e-biologics and to engineer materials and devices based on e-biologics could be rewarded with a new “green age” of sustainable electronic materials and devices.

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From electronic consumer products to e-wastes: Global outlook, waste quantities, recycling challenges

Cited by 338 publications

References 38 publications

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Intention to Return the End of Life Electronic Products through Reverse Supply Chain Management for Reuse, Repair and Recycling

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Intention to Return the End of Life Electronic Products through Reverse Supply Chain Management for Reuse, Repair and Recycling

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

e-Biologics: Fabrication of Sustainable Electronics with “Green” Biological Materials

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