Producer responsibility for e-waste management: Key issues for consideration – Learning from the Swiss experience

Khetriwal, Deepali Sinha; Kraeuchi, Philipp; Widmer, Rolf

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.08.019

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“…A principle to be incorporated into the recovery stage of WEEE is the recovery of functional equipment in disuse, which applies the Swiss model [41,42]. Companies specialize in the maintenance and upgrading or the functional refurbishment of EEE in disuse that still functions, which subtracts or receives equipment from the market, and changes or incorporates new devices to extend their useful life.…”

Section: Sustainable Model For Weee Recovery In Mexicomentioning

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“…Some of the main problems at the obsolescence phase are: (1) a lack of infrastructure, especially during the WEEE pre-process and treatment; (2) the absence of facilities and technologies of innovation; (3) the lack of investment; (4) high management costs; and (5) social and security problems. A principle to be incorporated into the recovery stage of WEEE is the recovery of functional equipment in disuse, which applies the Swiss model [41,42]. Companies specialize in the maintenance and upgrading or the functional refurbishment of EEE in disuse that still functions, which subtracts or receives equipment from the market, and changes or incorporates new devices to extend their useful life.…”

Section: Sustainable Model For Weee Recovery In Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

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E-Waste Supply Chain in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management

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Electronic waste is a widespread environmental problem. From all waste streams, e-waste is registering one of the largest growing rates (between 3% and 5%). In Mexico, the e-waste recovery system comprises a mix of formal and informal sectors not well known to date. The goal of this article was to analyze electronic waste in Mexico through the active actors in the recovery chain. This article presents the evolution of studies on electronic waste in Mexico. The legal regulations and public policies were analyzed, as were the existing practices of electronic waste handling, and some challenges facing this country for waste flow management. A management model is proposed which highlights components that must be considered in the model and the opportunities and challenges to transition from an unbundled handling, which still has practices that lack environmental and technical support, to sustainable management.

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Section: Sustainable Model For Weee Recovery In Mexicomentioning

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Section: Sustainable Model For Weee Recovery In Mexicomentioning

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E-Waste Supply Chain in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management

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“…Despite the fact that WEEE directives identify producers as the entity that must bear most extended producer responsibility, numerous EU states have involved retailers in take-back systems to bear jointly the responsibility of e-waste collection with producers. Collection at retail outlets is the primary measure facilitating end-of-life product returns from end-customers [106]. Similar phenomena exist in Asia (e.g., Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan), where retailers play the key role of e-waste collectors, even though producers bear the major responsibility of e-waste collection and recycling [107].…”

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Green Supply Chain Collaboration for Fashionable Consumer Electronics Products under Third-Party Power Intervention—A Resource Dependence Perspective

Sheu

2014

Sustainability

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Under third-party power intervention (TPPI), which increases uncertainty in task environments, complex channel power interplays and restructuring are indispensable among green supply chain members as they move toward sustainable collaborative relationships for increased viability and competitive advantage. From the resource dependence perspective, this work presents a novel conceptual model to investigate the influence of political and social power on channel power restructuring and induced green supply chain collaboration in brander-retailer bidirectional green supply chains of fashionable consumer electronics products (FCEPs). An FCEP refers to the consumer electronics product (e.g., personal computers, mobile phones, computer notebooks, and game consoles) with the features of a well-known brand associated, a short product lifecycle, timely and fashionable design fit for market trends, and quick responsiveness to the variations of market demands. The proposed model is tested empirically using questionnaire data obtained from retailers in the FCEP brander-retailer distribution channels. Analytical results reveal that as an extension of political and social power, TPPI positively affects the reciprocal interdependence of dyadic members and reduces power asymmetry, thereby enhancing the collaborative relationship of dyadic members and leading to improved green supply chain performance. Therein, reciprocal interdependence underlying collaborative relationship is the key to reducing the external environmental uncertainties in the TPPI context.

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“…A consequence of the growth in the sales of electrical and electronics equipment (EEE) has been the rise in volume of 'waste electrical and electronics equipment' (WEEE), more commonly known as electronic waste (e-waste). Technological and product innovations, rapidly declining consumer prices, evolving consumer preferences, and quicker obsolescence of products have been considered as some of the drivers of global e-waste growth (Khetriwal, Kraeuchi and Widmer 2009). Some of these, for example rapidly declining consumer prices, are in turn a consequence of, among other factors, increased globalization that has allowed companies in one country or region to reap benefits of economies of scale by producing for multiple regions or countries.…”

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Electronic Waste and Sustainability: Reflections on a Rising Global Challenge

Kumar¹,

Bhaskar²

2016

MGDR

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Globalization, technological advancements, advent of the internet, near-universal availability of mobile phones and changing consumer preferences have led to a boom in the electrical and electronics industry. Such products are now available in almost all countries of the world. The increased availability and consumption of electronic products have also led to rapid rise in the volumes of electronic waste (ewaste) globally. Markets have traditionally not paid sufficient attention to post-consumption behavior for electronic products and hence safe disposal and management of e-waste has always remained a critical issue. There are significant sustainability issues related with e-waste at local as well as at global levels which call for increased attention of governments, businesses, and societies. This paper reflects on the sustainability aspects of e-waste and resulting global challenges. It also reviews the sustainability related issues due to e-waste from different approaches and offers discussion on the relevant policy implications.

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Producer responsibility for e-waste management: Key issues for consideration – Learning from the Swiss experience

Cited by 264 publications

References 8 publications

E-Waste Supply Chain in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management

E-Waste Supply Chain in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management

Green Supply Chain Collaboration for Fashionable Consumer Electronics Products under Third-Party Power Intervention—A Resource Dependence Perspective

Electronic Waste and Sustainability: Reflections on a Rising Global Challenge

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