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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Electrical and Electronic Equipment"”.
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Advancing the Frontier of Extended Producer Responsibility: The management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in non-OECD countries
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become a salient issue in non-OECD countries. With a growing awareness about serious damages to the environment and human health from a lack of safe treatment and recycling of WEEE, there has been a search for policy responses in several of these …
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An investigation into the enabling, and inhibiting, factors for effectively applying circular economy business models in the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) sector
… linked to global economic development and prosperity. As a result, global demand for EEE products is increasing annually, which will require access to greater quantities of valuable resources, including plastics, scarce and/or precious metals, and critical raw materials.<br/><br/>The …
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Design of Mixed-Solvent Extraction and Size-Exclusion Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography to Recover Valuable Compounds from Electronic Waste
More than one million tons of polycarbonates and over 500,000 tons of flame retardants are consigned to landfills each year in the form of waste electrical and electronic equipment. Electronic waste is the fasting growing waste steam at a rate of 3-5% per year. Two separation processes are …
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Investigating ferric ion production and consumption trends in a simulated e-waste bioleaching environment for maximum metal dissolution efficiency
Electrical and electronic equipment has become an integral part of life in the modern world. When disposed of, it is termed Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the world. Disposing the WEEE has associated risks as they contain a high …
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Controlling dark fermentation of agro-industrial waste for valued organic acids production
… has been facing severe environmental degradation and climate change with consequences for the health of people and repercussions on the social and economic balance. Organic waste contains valuable compounds, worth recovering. Traditional waste management methods are typically based on aerobic …
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Making Sense of Extended Producer Responsibility: Towards a framework for policy transfer
… falls into the trap of uninformed, incomplete, and/or inappropriate transfer because the interventions are insufficiently identified with some of their perceived core components. This is no exception in the interspatial learning about extended producer responsibility (EPR) programmes. This …
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Economic and environmental opportunities in electronics industry
Due to industrial development and technological innovation, many problems arise from the increasing number of electronics devices that need to be managed at end of life. The two main market failures related to waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) are economic loss and environmental …
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Assessing Challenges of E-Waste Management Regulations in Tanzania; Case of Dar Es Salaam City
This study look at the challenges of Electronic-waste management from Regulatory Framework perspective with focus on mobile phones related wastes. E-waste management system incorporates different stakeholders throughout the entire life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) –importers/ …
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Degradação térmica e catalítica dos polímeros poli (acrilonitrila-co-butadieno-co-estireno) (ABS) e poliestireno de alto impacto (HIPS) oriundos de resíduos eletroeletrônicos
The high consumption level and wide diversity of electrical and electronic equipment available nowadays caused the signi cant increase of obsolete materials and waste, which can be harmful to the environment and health if discarded incorrectly. As a consequence, it is necessary to develop e ective …
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Making Sense of Environmental Governance: A Study of E-waste in Malaysia
… close policy attention at all levels of society, and between state and non-state actors. This thesis investigates the roles of state and non-state actors in e-waste governance in Malaysia. This is undertaken through analysis of e-waste governance, particularly focusing on the locally generated …
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Intelligent voltage dip mitigation in power networks with distributed generation
… power quality (PQ) cannot be over-emphasized in electrical power system operation and management. PQ problem is associated with any electrical distribution and utilization system that experiences any voltage, current or frequency deviation from normal operation. In the current power and energy …
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Immobilization of Tetrabromobisphenol A On Pinecone-Derived Biochar
… has been widely used in a variety of commercial and industry applications to improve fire resistance, and it is also commonly used in fire safety of laminates in printed circuit boards, plastics in electrical and electronic equipment. Due to its large part of world production of BFRs for covering …
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Minimising Impact: How legislation and sustainable design can reduce the environmental cost of a mobile phone
… in the environmental cost of a mobile phone handset. It initially looks at the development of mobile handsets and the trends in weight, energy consumption, use life and mobile ownership. The environmental impacts of these trends are discussed, as is the issue of refurbishing mobile handsets …
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Towards the sustainable management of electronic waste in Nigeria: South Africa as a model
The trade in and management of electronic waste in Nigeria is significant because of the volumes of e-waste generated from second-hand electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) imports. Current and future e-waste discourse advocate the need for, not only an effective legislative approach, but also …
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Analysis of barriers and success factors affecting the adoption of sustainable management of municipal solid waste in Abuja, Nigeria
… is fast assuming the scale of a major social and environmental challenge. In Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, the combined influence of poverty, population growth and rapid urbanization has tended to worsen the situation. The gravity of this problem is perhaps best reflected in the level of …
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MODULARIZATION, INNOVATION AND COMPLIANCE
… knowledge acquired throughout the undergraduate and master study to solve real industrial issues which I have yet to encounter before. I have had great opportunity not only to analyze various technical aspects but also to apply problem solving skills and importantly, the adaptive ability …
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Revenue management for multiple product recovery options : a triangulation approach
… particularly the directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the European Union. These returns incur acquisition costs and take-back operation costs regarded as a sunk cost by many industries. Thus, returned/recovered product valuation and marketing issues become …
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Characterisation of lead-free solder pastes and their correlation with the stencil printing process performance
… make it increasingly difficult to understand the correlations between solder paste properties and their printing process performance. The recent EU directives on RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances – enacted by UK regulations) and WEEE (Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment) …
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Fashionable addiction : the impact of digital identity through the cult of the body (an African perspective, with particular reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo)
… consists of sculptural installations, videos and images that, together with the written text, comment on the impact of information technology on society. In both the written and practical components, I refer to my own experience and developments in fashion and access to information technology …
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Exploring the potential for local end-processing of e-waste in South Africa
… the fastest-growing waste streams in the world, and South Africa (SA) is no exception. This is driven by increased consumer demand and access to electrical and electronic equipment, in addition to perceived equipment obsolescence, and rapid advancements in technology. E-waste recycling presents …
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