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Solving the e-waste problem : an interdisciplinary compilation of international e-waste research / edited by Deepali Sinha Khetriwal, Claudia Luepschen and Ruediger Kuehr. - Tokyo ; New York ; Paris : United Nations University Press, 2013 - xvii, 189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The sociomateriality of e-waste 1 Fixing the e-waste problem: An exploration of the sociomateriality of e-waste / Mary Lawhon and Djahane Salehabadi Part II: E-waste and the informal economy 2 E-waste management: Sustainable economic growth or nequitable distribution of environmental health risks? / Hiromi Inagaki 3 Rise of informatization in global capitalism: Exploring environmental sustainability in e-waste management / Somjita Laha Part III: E-waste and its environmental and health impacts 4 Environmental consequences of recovering valuable elements from electronic waste using crude methods in Aba, South-east Nigeria / Innocent C. Nnorom and Oladele Osibanjo 5 Comparison of lead and copper concentrations in different parts of electronic computer waste imported into Nigeria / Kehinde Olubanjo, Oladele Osibanjo and Kike Oloruntoba 6 E-waste: Disposal behaviour of consumers in Nakuru municipality, Kenya / Elizabeth W. Muoria, Wilkister N. Moturi and Francis G. Ndiritu Part IV: System design approaches for sustainable e-waste management 7 Covenant for an international system of sustainable resource management / yenning Wllls 8 Can WEEE regulate effectively for sustainable consumption and production? / Hazel Nash 9 Exploring a third-party e-waste recycling system under the extended producer responsibility framework in China / Hua Zhong and Shu Schiller Part V: Technological challenges and innovations in managing e-waste 10 Bioleaching of polymetallic industrial waste using chemolithotrophic bacteria / Gregory Lewis, Stoyan Gaydardzhiev, Stoyan Groudev, David Bastin and Pierre-Frangois Bareel 11 Influence of ferrous iron supplementation on the bioleaching of copper from printed circuit boards / Luciana Harue Yamane, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa and Jorge Alberto Soares Tendrio

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WASTE MANAGEMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
RECYCLING
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS


MEDICAL ASPECTS
MEDICAL ASPECTS


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