Problems in waste management in the aspect of the secondary use of plastics from WEEE

Abstract

Waste of electrical and electronic equipment is one the fastest growing waste streams in the EU, with some 9 million tonnes generated in 2005 and expected to grow to more than 12 million tonnes by 2020. Electrical and electronic products contain substances, which are valuable as well as often also critical. The main aim of the paper is presentation the methodological approach to identification of bromine or chlorine presence in components (in WEEE). This followed by assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the most popular methods. The main analysis for identification of bromine and chlorine in plastics have been presented.

How to Make E-Commerce More Successful by Use of Kano’s Model to Assess Customer Satisfaction in Terms of Sustainable Development

“…Where sustainable development is not ensured, there may be negative consequences that can lead to exhaustion of the ecosystem [53,54]. Therefore, e-commerce must also learn how to properly manage individual dimensions of sustainable development and adapt their own activities to it in order to achieve a balance between the two [20].…”

“…Analyzing this paper, as well as other papers [17,43], one could indicate a group of factors that are most often described as those that most affect customer satisfaction in e-commerce, among which are the website, its operation and content, customer relationships, reliability, attractive prices, a wide range of products, and returns and payment methods. Among e-commerce factors that are related to sustainable development, and which are presented in [20,[54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64], one should mention, among others, packaging waste, transport, CSR, lower poverty, access to goods, wide offers, fixed defects, and problems with general well-being. These factors helped to create a survey on which the conducted research was based.…”