Managing Electronic Waste: Issues with Exporting E-Waste

Luther, Linda

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Technology;    Electronics;    Electronics industry;    Recycling industry;    Recycling of waste products;   

RP-ID  :  R40850
RP-ID  :  R40850_2009Oct07

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report looks at issues specifically related to export for recycling of electronic waste (e-waste). Particularly, it discusses documented impacts to human health and the environment that have been tied to unsafe recycling practices in developing countries, as well as issues that have motivated certain stakeholders to divert e-waste from landfill disposal and, hence, increase recycling.