Status quo of e-waste management in mainland China

Li, Jinhui; Tian, Bin; Liu, Tongzhou; Liu, Hao; Xu, Wen; Honda, Seiyo

doi:10.1007/s10163-005-0144-3

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“…The ubiquity of ICTs leads to increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions with considerable negative effects on the environment in terms of sustainable development [3][4][5][6][7][8]. This ubiquity also leads to increasing the volume of e-waste [9][10][11][12]. However, the relationship between ICTs and the environment is complex.…”

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“…The advantages obtained by companies are essential both internally and in their relations with the external environment, providing a competitive market position [70] (pp. [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Competitiveness between ICT manufacturers in terms of pro-environment characteristics is quite large, and their popularization has become commonplace for each sub-sector, with larger companies competing for supremacy, according to studies published by Green Peace [71].…”

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Determinants of Green ICT Adoption in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

Radu

2016

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Information and communication technologies (ICT) are present in almost all fields of human activity. The expansion of their use should be balanced by the results of the studies on the negative effects on the environment. The relationship between these technologies and the environment is relatively new. The application of environmental criteria is commonly referred to as green ICT or green computing. Awareness of the importance of the ecosystem has led to increased interest in its protection both in production and in consumption. Green ICT should be a major concern not only for the hardware and software producers but also for the users. They could stimulate the demand for less harmful products for the environment with an essential role in the after-sales stages. Companies can contribute to this process by resource efficiency, dematerialization, and minimizing e-waste, increasing recycling, and producing fewer CO 2 emissions. The decision to adopt green ICT depends on the expected benefits and investments. This decision depends on costs, competitiveness, financial support, managers and employees' characteristics and skills, legal regulations, supply, and demand. The contributions of the paper cover identifying, analysing and classifying general and specific determinants of green ICT adoption in organizations based on the literature in this field.

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Determinants of Green ICT Adoption in Organizations: A Theoretical Perspective

Radu

2016

Sustainability

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“…To have clear idea for the recycling situation of electrical and electronic equipments in developing countries in (Asia, Africa, and Latin America); Tables (5) summarize results of some available studies and statistics about the quantity (Metric Tons / Year) of the E-waste generated. Summary is based on Literatures [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. With consideration of the rapid growth of production and consumption of EEE as well as the generated waste [48]; we can understand the real e-waste problem that the world will face in the future, which requires great effort to find a suitable solution.…”

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Controlling computers and electronics waste: Toward solving environmental problems

Hameed

2012

2012 International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE)

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Abstract-Environment problem becomes an essential issue associated modern life in this century. Advancement in electronic production and cost reduction in the last few decades leads to rapid growing of computers and electronic productions (e-devices). This was associated with flood of advertisements which affect customer's decision on buying new products regardless of their real needs. Although e-devices improved human life but it created a serious environmental problem called e-waste. Millions of tons of e-waste generated worldwide yearly, which is more toxic and harmful than normal household garbage. E-waste contains toxic heavy metals including arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, nickel and zinc. Increasing consumption of e-devices in developing countries and transferring e-waste from developed to developing countries make the problem worst. So we need an innovative and creative engineers and effective recycling system to produce eco-friendly products that are easier to recycle and handle in their end-of-life. Several developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America still suffer from lack of advance recycling and disposal treatment experience. Workers in recycling are exposed to hazardous chemicals and material when braking e-products and extracting its valuable contents besides the polluting of water, air and soil. This paper studying the e-waste status and proposes a framework for guidance solution to control and eliminate e-waste, protecting workers and environment in developing world as step toward green environment.

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“…To cope with the alarmingly large quantities of EoL products it receives and the attendant spontaneous illegal/informal and in some cases (potentially) harmful handling and treatment of WEEE within the country, China has recently legislated measures to cope with WEEE. Stockpiling of WEEE also occurs since people rarely dispose of their used EEE due to the perception that goods retain a residual value which might have future uses Li et al, 2006;Terazono, Murakami, et al, 2006;Y. Wang et al, 2009;Xinhua News Agency, 2010).…”

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