Green IT awareness and practices: Results from a field study on mobile phone related e-waste in Bangladesh

Ansari, Noushin Laila; Ashraf, Md. Mahfuz; Malik, Bushra Tahseen; Grunfeld, Helena

doi:10.1109/istas.2010.5514618

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“…In addition, it can be argued that NZ will be impacted and influenced by the global trend toward MPS for e-waste. This movement could bring a future of sustainable product design factors positively impacting the volumes and types of e-waste being generated [43,62], if it can be fully embraced.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A significant proportion of the international research investigating household consumer e-waste employed surveys as a research tool (see for example: Refs. [40][41][42][43][44]). However, of the examples listed, only one utilised online surveys (see: Ref.…”

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“…These findings are reflected in the results of similar studies conducted internationally (for example see Refs. [43,66,71]).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Is Voluntary Product Stewardship for E-Waste Working in New Zealand? A Whangarei Case Study

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New Zealand currently manages its annually-generated 99,000 tonnes of e-waste via voluntary product stewardship schemes. Limited data is available to determine the success of this approach. This lack of data is cited as the logic preventing the declaration of e-waste as a priority product by the Minister for the Environment which would trigger the enforcement of mandatory product stewardship. This case study involved an online survey of 264 Whangarei District householders asking questions about e-waste creation and management, as well as analyses of local services, and local and national policy. It found that only 1.8% of the estimated e-waste created in the district is recycled by municipal services, with the 'cost to recycle' and 'a lack of knowledge' presenting barriers to engagement in these services. The 'lack of ability to repair/the cost to repair' was found to be the most significant driver for e-waste creation. The adoption of mandatory product stewardship for e-waste was recommended to ensure robust and transparent data collection, see recycling services become more accessible, and raise awareness of these services, thus reducing the value-action gap. Mandatory e-waste management would also impact product design to ensure affordable repair-ability, further supporting a circular economy for electronic goods.

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Is Voluntary Product Stewardship for E-Waste Working in New Zealand? A Whangarei Case Study

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“…However, to the best our knowledge, no studies of mobile phone users' green practices have been held so far, leaving aside recycling issues [5,6] In any case, the ever growing need for fast data access and the remarkable achievements in this field, come with a price. Power consumption in mobile phones grows as shown in [7,8].…”

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Smart phone users: Are they green users?

Androulidakis

Levashenko

Zaitseva

2014

The 10th International Conference on Digital Technologies 2014

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Smart phones by now have overwhelmed the mobile phone market, to the point that it becomes increasingly difficult to find an "old-type", classical, feature phone. Although they offer a wealth of features and services to their users, they are far more power hungry, requiring to be charged almost daily! At the same time many interesting questions arise, in regards to their users: Are they aware of green practices? Do they follow them? In this work, using quantitative statistics and Fuzzy Decision Tree analysis we will present the preliminary findings from an empirical study among 313 users that was held in order to answer all these questions. We proposed a Fuzzy Decision Rules based on this data.

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“…For example, Guiyu of China is the biggest dumping ground of e-wastes due to the higher competitive prices it pays in return, whereas the ICT-driven development agenda of Ghana makes Agbogbloshie an eminent trading place for e-wastes. The rapid increase in the usage of computer and the growing interests of using mobile phones or electronic gadgets in one hand, improper environment protective regulations and lack of awareness of the detrimental effects of e-waste among the people on the other, make Bangladesh a possible future Guiyu or Agbogbloshie [4]. The study intends to interpret the socio-economic consequences of e-wastes by focusing the detrimental effects it have created in China and Ghana, and attempts to outline what developing nations like Bangladesh can do to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of it.…”

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Protecting Environment, Managing E-Waste and Ensuring Development: Perspective on ‘Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment’ Situation in Guiyu, Agbogbloshie and Dhaka

Masoom

Toufique

2016

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Fast development of the electronics industry and an eminent value of obsolescence of the electronic productions conduce to the uninterrupted production of great amounts of electronic waste or e-wasteworldwide. Due to the frequent commingling of a wide range of reusable, or recyclable, and non-recyclable surplus electronics, the term "e-waste" infer all sorts of these leftovers. Even though the economic benefits are potentially enormous, only a small proportion of the electronic waste is being recycled all around. There is a transaction cost associated with the recycling process due to the environmental protection regulations, hence economically less attractiveat the industry level in developed nations. However, to the least developed nations where owing to low living standard the demand for the better quality environment is low, even nonexistent, recycling e-waste has become a livelihood earning opportunity. The study intends to interpret the socio-economic consequences of e-wastes by focusing the detrimental effects that it have created in China and Ghana, and attempts to outline what developing nations like Bangladesh can do to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of it.

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Green IT awareness and practices: Results from a field study on mobile phone related e-waste in Bangladesh

Cited by 37 publications

References 7 publications

Is Voluntary Product Stewardship for E-Waste Working in New Zealand? A Whangarei Case Study

Is Voluntary Product Stewardship for E-Waste Working in New Zealand? A Whangarei Case Study

Smart phone users: Are they green users?

Protecting Environment, Managing E-Waste and Ensuring Development: Perspective on ‘Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment’ Situation in Guiyu, Agbogbloshie and Dhaka

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