Material flow analysis of used personal computers in Japan

Material Flow Analysis and Waste Management

“…Brazil (Araújo et al 2012 ), China (Liu et al 2006 ;Yang et al 2008 ;Chung 2012 ;Zhang et al 2012 ;Habuer et al 2014 ;Li et al 2015 ), Chile (Steubing et al 2010 ), Czech Republic (Polak and Drapalova 2012 ), Germany (Walk 2009 ), Hong Kong (Chung et al 2011 ;Lau et al 2013 ), India (Dwivedy and Mittal 2010a , b ), Indonesia (Andarani and Goto 2014 ), Iran (Rahmani et al 2014 ;Alavi et al 2015 ), Japan (Yamasue et al 2007 ;Oguchi et al 2008 ;Yoshida et al 2009 ), Nigeria Nnorom and Osibanjo 2008 ), South Korea (Lee et al 2007 ;Kim et al 2013 ), Spain (Gutierrez et al 2010 ), USA (Kang and Schoenung 2006 ;Leigh et al 2007 ;Kahhat and Williams 2012 ;Lam et al 2013 ;Schumacher et al 2014 ), and in the global economy (Yu et al 2010 ). Some studies have estimated fl ows of specifi c materials contained in e-waste such as steel, aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc (Yamasue et al 2007 ;Lam et al 2013 ;Habuer et al 2014 ) and parts such as lithium-ion batteries (Chang et al, 2009 ).…”

“…Further, consumers tend to store old e-products at home even if they are no longer used. Therefore, methodological aspects for estimating e-waste fl ows have been discussed (Leigh et al 2007 ;Yoshida et al 2009 ;Gutierrez et al, 2010;Araújo et al 2012 ;Wang et al 2013 ;Li et al 2015 ). Moreover, Lam et al ( 2013 ) combined MFA with ecological and human health impact assessment caused by heavy metals in e-waste.…”

Estimation of retired mobile phones generation in China: A comparative study on methodology

“…There are various approaches used to estimate the generation of WEEE or retired mobile phones in particular all around the world (Araujo et al, 2012;Chung et al, 2010Chung et al, , 2011Dwivedy and Mittal, 2010a,b;Gutierrez et al, 2010;Polak and Drapalova, 2012;Steubing et al, 2010;Walk, 2009;Yang et al, 2008;Yoshida et al, 2009). These approaches can be classified into the following models: input-output model, time-series model, factor model, econometrics analysis and direct waste analysis.…”

Static and dynamic flow analysis of PBDEs in plastics from used and end-of-life TVs and computer monitors by life cycle in Korea

“…It was also observed that the LCD ratio of TVs and computer monitors gradually increased over time. One of the reasons for the lower recycled amounts of used computer monitors in recent years is that private e-waste collectors and recyclers export significant fractions of used monitors overseas to South Asian countries for reuse and recycling (Yoshida et al, 2009).…”