Electronic waste from e-cigarettes with and without nicotine. Are we moving in the right direction?
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023 Introduction We are facing a new type of waste from electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). With or without nicotine models, they are biohazard and electronic waste (e-waste).
Alejandro Frino-García +8 more
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Sorting, shredding and smelting scrap
Valuation Studies, 2020 The global economy of e-waste recycling has received much attention in recent waste studies literature. This article gives an account from the inside of two different sites within a leading high-tech recycling and smelting company in which such e-waste ...
Stefan Laser
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Experimental Investigation on Concrete with E-waste - A Way to Minimize Solid Waste Deposition [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2021 In recent years, the generation of Electronic waste (E-waste) has increased to a greater extent worldwide. The use of electronic devices has proliferated in recent decades and proportionality, and the quantity of electronic devices that are disposed of ...
P. Muthupriya and B. Vignesh Kumar
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Electronic waste in India: Implications on health
Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2017 Increase in production and consumption of electronic goods has resulted in a rapid rise in generation of electronic waste in India. It is the fifth largest producer of electronic waste in the world.
Shreya Jha +2 more
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Electronic Waste Disassembly with Industrial Waste Heat [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2013 Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) are resource-rich but hazardous, demanding innovative strategies for post-consumer collection, recycling, and mining for economically precious constituents. A novel technology for disassembling electronic components from WPCBs is proposed, using hot air to melt solders and to separate the components and base boards.
Chen, Mengjun +6 more
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THE IMPACT OF THE APPLICATION OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATION ACT NO. 202 OF 2020 ON RAISING PEOPLE'S AWARENESS AND REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH DAMAGE FROM ELECTRONIC WASTE [PDF]
Journal of Environmental ScienceThe study aims to highlight environmental and health problems resulting from increasing the volume of electronic waste s environment ", as it is a global environmental problem for all developed and developing countries, The Waste Management Regulation ...
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Informal electronic waste recycling in Pakistan
, 2016 The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is growing dramatically all over the world. The fast growth and diffusion of ICTs, their early obsolescence and short life have made electronic waste (e-waste) to the fastest growing waste ...
Anderberg, Stefan, +2 more
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Achieving sustainability in solving the electronic waste (e-waste) problem
, 2020 Waste from used electrical and electronic equipment, commonly known as e-waste, is growing at a higher rate than the regular municipal waste streams. Global generation of e-waste in 2019 was 53.6 million tonnes. Rising demand for high technology products
Herat, Sunil
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SYNTHESIS OF MATERIALS PRODUCED FROM SPENT BATTERIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATION [PDF]
Química Nova, 2020 In this work, alkaline and nickel-metal hydride spent batteries were used as precursors of metals for the synthesis of polymetallic materials. These materials were synthesized via chemical reduction.
Mayra Aparecida Nascimento +7 more
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Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: New Evidence from Comparison of E-Waste and Carbon Dioxide Kuznets Curves [PDF]
International Journal of Management, Accounting and EconomicsAlthough the empirical literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) is well-established for carbon dioxide emissions, it remains relatively limited for other forms of pollution, particularly electronic waste.
Saeed Rasekhi, Sara Ghanbartabar
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