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Schumacher, Kelsea A.

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Electronic waste management in the U.S. Practice and policy.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Electronic waste management in the U.S. Practice and policy./
Author:	Schumacher, Kelsea A.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	258 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-04B(E).
Subject:	Environmental management. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10191319
ISBN:	9781369351330

Electronic waste management in the U.S. Practice and policy.
Schumacher, Kelsea A.

Electronic waste management in the U.S. Practice and policy. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 258 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-04(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2016.

Electronic devices are proliferating rapidly around the world. Although they have provided many great benefits for humanity, these products have also been cause for severe social and environmental harm, namely when they reach end-of-life. Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the fastest growing waste stream worldwide and the U.S. has one of the highest generation rates (StEP, 2015; US EPA, 2012). Recent studies estimate that in 2013, roughly 40% of the 3.14 million tons of e-waste generated in the U.S. was collected for recycling while the remainder was disposed of in landfills and incinerators (US EPA, 2015). However, industry experts approximate that between 50 and 80% of the e-waste supposedly collected for recycling is actually exported to developing nations where it is often informally recycled using primitive processes that wreak havoc on workers, local communities and the environment (ETC, 2016). Consequently, current e-waste management practices in the U.S. are resulting in the loss of recoverable resources as well as significant social and environmental degradation. A well-designed legislative framework is needed to address externalities of the electronics industry.

ISBN: 9781369351330Subjects--Topical Terms:

535182
Environmental management.

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