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E-waste management : from waste to resource /
"The landscape of electronic waste, e-waste, management is changing dramatically. Besides a rapidly increasing world population, globalization is driving the demand for products, resulting in rising prices for many materials. Absolute scarcity looms for some special resources such as indium. Us...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "The landscape of electronic waste, e-waste, management is changing dramatically. Besides a rapidly increasing world population, globalization is driving the demand for products, resulting in rising prices for many materials. Absolute scarcity looms for some special resources such as indium. Used electronic products and recyclable materials are increasingly crisscrossing the globe. This is creating both - opportunities and challenges for e-waste management. This focuses on the current and future trends, technologies and regulations for reusable and recyclable e-waste worldwide. It compares international e-waste management perspectives and regulations under a view that includes the environmental, social and economic aspects of the different linked systems. It overviews the current macro-economic trends from material demand to international policy to waste scavenging, examines particular materials and product streams in detail and explores the future for e-waste and its management considering technology progress, improving end-of-lifecycle designs, policy and sustainability perspectives"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | "Earthscan from Routledge"--Cover image. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136299124 1136299122 9780203116456 0203116453 1280776307 9781280776304 9781136299070 1136299076 9781136299117 1136299114 9782023116456 2023116457 |