Environmental and economic trade-offs in consumer electronic products recycling: a case study of cell phones and computers

Authors:
A. K. Bhuie;O. A. Ogunseitan;J.-D. M. Saphores;A. A. Shapiro
Affiliations:
Dept. of Environ. Health, Sci., & Policy, California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA;Dept. of Environ. Health, Sci., & Policy, California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA;Dept. of Ind. Eng., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA;NTT Energy & Environ. Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Venue:
ISEE '04 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment
Year:
2004

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Abstract

The rapid rate of consumer electronics obsolescence and the growing momentum to ban these materials from landfills present an opportunity for reuse of these resource-rich discards. In order to better understand the market demand and economic viability ...