Challenges facing sustainable urban mining in the e-waste recycling industry in Sri Lanka

Gunarathne, Nuwan; Alwis, Aap De; Alahakoon, Yasanthi

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119641

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“…As the topic of e-waste recycling is vast, a series of papers have addressed this problem in different countries contexts such as: Brazil [22], Canada [23], China [24][25][26][27][28], Costa Rica [29], Ghana [30,31], Greece [32], Hong Kong [24], India [33], Italy [34], Japan [26], Mexico [35,36], New Zealand [7], Nigeria [19,37], South Korea [26], Sri Lanka [38], Taiwan [26,39], United Kingdom [40], United States [41], Vietnam [42], etc., by studying various aspects related to the e-waste recycling process in the context of the behavior of the consumers' located in these areas.…”

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Determinants of Individuals’ E-Waste Recycling Decision: A Case Study from Romania

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Due to the increase of the amount of electrical and electronical equipment waste (e-waste), the understanding of individual consumers’ main decision triggers represents a key point in increasing the quantity of recycled e-waste. A series of studies from the literature have shown a positive relationship between the consumers’ attitude, awareness, self-efficacy, social norms, and their e-waste recycling intention, as well as the positive influence between the intention and the manifested behavior. Additional to these determinants, in the present study, the influence of social media was analyzed along with the actions taken by the government and nongovernmental organizations, with the purpose to include and to capture, as much as possible, a high amount of determinants in the e-waste recycling process. Nevertheless, the demographic or socio-economic variables, such as age, gender, income, education, number of family members, etc., have shown over time to have a contribution to predicting the consumers’ pro-recycling behavior. As on one side, in the research literature, the opinions related to which of the demographic or socio-economic factors can have an impact on the recycling behavior have been divided and, on another side, a series of researchers believe that the discrepancies in the findings of different studies can be due to culture in various countries, in this paper we conducted such an analysis with reference to the Romania’s case. The results have shown that the demographic variables, such as age and gender, can have a contribution to predicting residents’ pro-e-waste recycling behavior. Based on these findings, the policymakers can gain a better understanding of the e-waste recycling phenomenon and on its main triggers, with results in creating better policies for sustaining a proper e-waste managing system.

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Determinants of Individuals’ E-Waste Recycling Decision: A Case Study from Romania

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“…Several researchers have used the stakeholder theory as a theoretical lens (rather than integrating it) to examine corporate sustainability‐related issues (Singh et al, 2021). Stakeholders in the recycling of e‐waste are identified according to the connotation of stakeholder theory (Gunarathne et al, 2020.) Freeman's (2010) theory laid the groundwork of stakeholder identification, and the latter added new groups or amended impetus based on Freeman's identification.…”

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“…Therefore, increasing consumption and demand for resources has led to the growing importance of e-waste because of its environmental and health impacts. It is a secondary source of metals (Gunarathne et al, 2020).…”

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Sustainable management of electronic waste: Empirical evidences from a stakeholders' perspective

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With rapid advancements in technology, the evolution and demand for electronic/ electric devices have drastically increased. The exponential increase in the use of technology to fulfill the needs of the fast-paced information era has led to electronic and electrical devices being discarded or disposed of at a faster rate than in the past. This phenomenon has resulted in e-waste becoming the fastest-growing form of solid waste. E-waste is classified as hazardous waste and can be harmful to the environment and health if not disposed of responsibly. Therefore, alternatives, such as exporting, landfilling, and recycling (from different economic, social, technical, and environmental criteria), are of interest to minimize the disposal of this toxic waste form into landfill sites. The analytic hierarchy process approach was deployed to evaluate and prioritize alternatives for e-waste processing systems in the United Arab Emirates context. The obtained results indicate that recycling has the highest priority among the studied alternatives in the e-waste processing system. The low economic and environmental awareness of stakeholders with regard to e-waste shows that e-waste management system initiatives must be expedited to adhere to e-waste best practices implemented nationally and internationally.analytic hierarchy process (AHP), e-waste, e-waste management (EWM), integrated sustainable solid waste management (ISSWM), sustainablity, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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“…Sri Lanka has often been described as a developing economy after recently emerging from 30 years of civil war-a nation that is now poised to accelerate its economic development in a sustainable manner (Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 2018; Gunarathne, De Alwis, & Alahakoon, 2020). However, Sri Lanka still faces several diverse challenges such as corruption, environmental pollution and regionally balanced economic development, in its way forward to achieving sustainable economic performance (Geekiyanage & Vithanage, 2015;Gunarathne et al, 2020;Ministry of Environment, 2012). Thus, developing a sustainability leadership model as done in this study has significance for managers in a complex business environment such as Sri Lanka.…”

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Leadership Dimensions Influencing Sustainability Leadership in Sri Lanka: Mediating Effect of Managers’ Ethical Behaviour and Organizational Change

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This study examines the mediation effect of managers’ ethical behaviour and organizational change on the leadership dimensions that influence sustainability leadership among Sri Lankan managers. Manager’s attitudes to organizational change and their ethical behaviour are identified as essential dimensions to achieve sustainable leadership in the business world. While much of the literature underlines the direct relationship between organizational leadership and either organizational change or manager’s ethical behaviour, only a few studies focus on the mediating effect of the manager’s ethical behaviour and organizational change leadership on perceptions of creating a sustainable organization. Sri Lanka is identified as a developing country with strong socio-cultural values that promote sustainability. Understanding what constitutes sustainability leadership in a developing country such as Sri Lanka is worth examining. The responses of 596 managers were analyzed using factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The findings confirm that stakeholder relations are the most influential dimension for creating sustainability leadership. Mediation analysis tests confirmed that the two mediators of managers’ ethical behaviour and change leadership fully mediate the relationships between employee engagement and leaders’ concern for social and environmental sustainability, which concern was identified as the weakest of the three leadership dimensions suggesting that long-term orientation has not much potential for creating sustainability leadership among Sri Lankan managers.

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Challenges facing sustainable urban mining in the e-waste recycling industry in Sri Lanka

Cited by 35 publications

References 29 publications

Determinants of Individuals’ E-Waste Recycling Decision: A Case Study from Romania

Determinants of Individuals’ E-Waste Recycling Decision: A Case Study from Romania

Sustainable management of electronic waste: Empirical evidences from a stakeholders' perspective

Leadership Dimensions Influencing Sustainability Leadership in Sri Lanka: Mediating Effect of Managers’ Ethical Behaviour and Organizational Change

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