The economy of E-waste collection at the individual level: A practice oriented approach of categorizing determinants of E-waste collection into behavioral costs and motivation

Otto, Siegmar; Kibbe, Alexandra; Henn, Laura; Hentschke, Liane; Kaiser, Florian G.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.293

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“…The MCMC has installed its e-waste collection boxes at the nearest locations for its program participants. They are also trying to disseminate information about the devastating consequences of waste of electrical and electronic equipment improper disposal to encourage households to abandon their old mobile phones (MCMC, 2018a(MCMC, , 2018bOtto et al, 2018). Telecommunications companies (e.g.…”

Section: Collection Of Electronic Waste Initiatives In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing the intention of the households to drop off mobile phones to the collection boxes: empirical study in Malaysia

Afroz

Muhibbullah

Farhana

et al. 2020

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Purpose To achieve proper waste management, the disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) is one suitable method. Most developing countries, including Malaysia, are facing lack of e-waste recycling facilities and low household participation. Using a survey method using a questionnaire, this study aims to examine the intention of Malaysian households to drop-off their mobile phones to the nearest collection boxes (n = 600). Design/methodology/approach This study expanded the theory of planned behavior by adding environmental awareness and knowledge. In addition, the cost of disposal and the convenience of the available disposal infrastructure were measured as two parts of the perceived behavioral control. Findings The results of this study show that environmental knowledge and awareness have a significant impact on attitudes toward recycling intention of the households. In addition, it was also found that the attitude and cost of disposal infrastructure is positively related to household intention. Originality/value These results show that if e-waste collection boxes are provided to the nearest community and e-waste management information is distributed, this will increase household participation in e-waste management.

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Section: Collection Of Electronic Waste Initiatives In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Analyzing the intention of the households to drop off mobile phones to the collection boxes: empirical study in Malaysia

Afroz

Muhibbullah

Farhana

et al. 2020

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“…Note that the actual and future demand for several of these materials are expected to strongly grow, especially for the production of electric and electronic devices, while the life-spans of many products such as computers and cell phone are decreasing rapidly [3]. This phenomenon, among others, leads to the generation of a huge waste stream (waste electrical and electronic equipment-WEEE), often designated as “e-waste” [4,5,6,7]. Its elevated contents in high added values elements (precious, strategic, critical, rare and rare earths elements) make this waste stream a very attractive “urban mine” for the extraction of these components.…”

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Thermochemical Route for Extraction and Recycling of Critical, Strategic and High Value Elements from By-Products and End-of-Life Materials, Part I: Treatment of a Copper By-Product in Air Atmosphere

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Development of our modern society requests a number of critical and strategic elements (platinum group metals, In, Ga, Ge…) and high value added elements (Au, Ag, Se, Te, Ni…) which are often concentrated in by-products during the extraction of base metals (Cu, Pb, Zn…). Further, recycling of end-of-life materials employed in high technology, renewable energy and transport by conventional extractive processes also leads to the concentration of such chemical elements and their compounds in metallurgical by-products and/or co-products. One of these materials, copper anode slime (CAS), derived from a copper electrolytic refining factory, was used for this study. The sample was subjected to isothermal treatment from 225 to 770 °C under air atmosphere and the reaction products were systematically analyzed by scanning electron microscopy through energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to investigate the thermal behavior of the treated sample. The main components of the anode slime (CuAgSe, Cu2-xSeyS1-y, Ag3AuSe2) react with oxygen, producing mostly copper and selenium oxides as well as Ag-Au alloys as final products at temperatures higher than 500 °C. Selenium dioxide (SeO2) is volatilized and recovered in pure state by cooling the gaseous phase, whilst copper(II) oxide, silver, gold and tellurium remain in the treatment residue.

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“…The results described in Part I [ 1 ] of this investigation combined with research works cited therein [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ] gave a general view of needs and secondary sources for a large range of materials, identified frequently as critical and strategic materials, and they are indispensable for present and forthcoming innovations in renewable energies, transportation and cutting-edge technologies.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…It is expected that the actual and future demand for several of these materials will grow strongly, especially to feed the production of electric and electronic devices, while the lifespans of many products such as computers and cell phones are decreasing rapidly [4]. This trend, among others, leads to the generation of a huge waste stream (electrical waste and electronic equipment, WEEE), often designated as e-waste [5][6][7][8]. Its elevated content in high added value elements (precious, strategic, critical, rare and rare earths elements), particularly for "smart parts", makes this waste stream, a very attractive "urban mine" for the extraction of these components.…”

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Thermochemical Route for Extraction and Recycling of Critical, Strategic and High-Value Elements from By-Products and End-of-Life Materials, Part II: Processing in Presence of Halogenated Atmosphere

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During the treatment of copper anode slime (CAS) under an air atmosphere, several aspects of the interactions of its main components (CuAgSe, Cu2−xSeyS1−y, Ag3AuSe2) with oxygen were described in Part I. As a comparative and complementary study, this work deals with the thermal behavior of CAS under air in the presence of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) between 195 and 770 °C. The preliminary thermal treatment of an e-waste sample containing brominated substances was also performed. The reaction products were systematically analyzed by scanning electron microscopy through energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) to investigate the thermal behaviors of the studied samples in a halogenated medium. At low temperatures, the copper, silver and selenium compounds of the CAS reacted with the HCl, issued from PVC degradation, leading to the formation of their respective chlorides. Bromides of valuable metals (Cu, Pb, Sn…) were synthesized during the e-waste treatment at 500 °C and they were distributed between the solid residue and gaseous phase. The data obtained give an insight into the reactivity of several metals towards halogenated substances, which may be valuable information for conducting the extraction and recycling of targeted elements from industrial by-products and end-of-life materials by a thermochemical route.

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The economy of E-waste collection at the individual level: A practice oriented approach of categorizing determinants of E-waste collection into behavioral costs and motivation

Cited by 57 publications

References 43 publications

Analyzing the intention of the households to drop off mobile phones to the collection boxes: empirical study in Malaysia

Analyzing the intention of the households to drop off mobile phones to the collection boxes: empirical study in Malaysia

Thermochemical Route for Extraction and Recycling of Critical, Strategic and High Value Elements from By-Products and End-of-Life Materials, Part I: Treatment of a Copper By-Product in Air Atmosphere

Thermochemical Route for Extraction and Recycling of Critical, Strategic and High-Value Elements from By-Products and End-of-Life Materials, Part II: Processing in Presence of Halogenated Atmosphere

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