TY - JOUR
T1 - Current status and research on E-waste issues in Asia
AU - Terazono, Atsushi
AU - Murakami, Shinsuke
AU - Abe, Naoya
AU - Inanc, Bulent
AU - Moriguchi, Yuichi
AU - Sakai, Shin Ichi
AU - Kojima, Michikazu
AU - Yoshida, Aya
AU - Li, Jinhui
AU - Yang, Jianxin
AU - Wong, Ming H.
AU - Jain, Amit
AU - Kim, In Suk
AU - Peralta, Genandrialine L.
AU - Lin, Chun Chao
AU - Mungcharoen, Thumrongrut
AU - Williams, Eric
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Rapid economic growth in Asia and the increasing transboundary movement of secondary resources will increasingly require both 3R endeavors (reduce, reuse, recycle) in each country and appropriate control of international material cycles. Recently, managing electrical and electronic waste (E-waste) has become an important target for domestic and international material cycles from the viewpoints of environmental preservation and resource utilization efficiency. To understand the current status of E-waste issues in the context of international material cycles and to discuss the future tasks related to achieving 3R in the region, we organized the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) E-waste Workshop in December 2004. This article reviews past studies on E-waste and briefly describes the topics presented and discussions held at the workshop. The topics at the workshop included E-waste generation, recycling systems, international trade, and environmental impacts. In addition, we discussed various issues such as terminology, current environmental concerns, and possible solutions. Transboundary shipments of E-waste should be conducted taking into consideration the concept of sustainable development. The direction of future research and possible collaborations are also discussed.
AB - Rapid economic growth in Asia and the increasing transboundary movement of secondary resources will increasingly require both 3R endeavors (reduce, reuse, recycle) in each country and appropriate control of international material cycles. Recently, managing electrical and electronic waste (E-waste) has become an important target for domestic and international material cycles from the viewpoints of environmental preservation and resource utilization efficiency. To understand the current status of E-waste issues in the context of international material cycles and to discuss the future tasks related to achieving 3R in the region, we organized the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) E-waste Workshop in December 2004. This article reviews past studies on E-waste and briefly describes the topics presented and discussions held at the workshop. The topics at the workshop included E-waste generation, recycling systems, international trade, and environmental impacts. In addition, we discussed various issues such as terminology, current environmental concerns, and possible solutions. Transboundary shipments of E-waste should be conducted taking into consideration the concept of sustainable development. The direction of future research and possible collaborations are also discussed.
KW - Asia
KW - E-waste
KW - Environmental preservation
KW - Material cycles
KW - Recycling systems
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U2 - 10.1007/s10163-005-0147-0
DO - 10.1007/s10163-005-0147-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645164245
SN - 1438-4957
VL - 8
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
JF - Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
IS - 1
ER -