From Centralized Disassembly to Life Cycle Management: Status and Progress of E-waste Treatment System in China

2016 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development

生态环境科学;经济学

Song, Xiaolong^1,2 ; Yang, Jianxin^3 ; Lu, Bin^3 ; Yang, Dong^4

WEEE Research Centre, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai

201209, China^1

Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for WEEE Recycling, Shanghai

201209, China^2

State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

100085, China^3

SDAS Key Laboratory of Scientific Decision-making, Institute of Science and Technology for Development of Shandong Province, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan

250014, China^4

关键词: Integrative framework;    Life cycle engineering;    Life cycle stages;    Life cycle thinking;    Life-cycle information;    Life-cycle management;    Sustainable management;    Systematic analysis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/51/1/012005/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/51/1/012005

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

China is now facing e-waste problems from both growing domestic generation and illegal imports. Many stakeholders are involved in the e-waste treatment system due to the complexity of e-waste life cycle. Beginning with the state of the e-waste treatment industry in China, this paper summarizes the latest progress in e-waste management from such aspects as the new edition of the China RoHS Directive, new Treatment List, new funding subsidy standard, and eco-design pilots. Thus, a conceptual model for life cycle management of e-waste is generalized. The operating procedure is to first identify the life cycle stages of the e-waste and extract the important life cycle information. Then, life cycle tools can be used to conduct a systematic analysis to help decide how to maximize the benefits from a series of life cycle engineering processes. Meanwhile, life cycle thinking is applied to improve the legislation relating to e-waste so as to continuously improve the sustainability of the e-waste treatment system. By providing an integrative framework, the life cycle management of e-waste should help to realize sustainable management of e-waste in developing countries.