Abstract
This paper reviews around 41 articles providing the trends, characteristics, research gaps and challenges of these studies that may help e-waste management-related academics and practitioners with an overview of the need for such tool to be applied. The results and highlighted future research perspectives discussed in this study will definitely help to analyze e-waste management systems with more critical aspects, i.e., hidden and known flows of waste products and associated materials, economic assessment of material recovery and the role of responsible authorities.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1457 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 6 Nov 2018 |
Event | 2nd International Research Conference on Sustainable Energy, Engineering, Materials and Environment (IRCSEEME) - Mieres, Spain Duration: 25 Jul 2018 → 27 Jul 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2018. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- e-waste
- waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
- material flow analysis (MFA)
- circular economy
- sustainable development