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 Hung
AU - Jain, Amit
AU - Kim, In Suk
AU - Peralta, Genandrialine L.
AU - Lin, Chun Chao
AU - Mungcharoen, Thumrongrut
AU - Williams, Eric
N1 - Funding Information:
In this context, Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) launched a research project (Structural Analysis of Material Cycles and Waste Management in Asia) in cooperation with the United Nations University/Institute for Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS, FY2002 to FY2003), the University of Tokyo (FY2003 to FY2004), and the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE/JETRO, FY2004), with funding by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan from FY2002 to FY2004. The objectives were to identify the structure of material cycles in Asia, focusing mainly on material exported from Japan, to understand the current waste management situation in Asia and to identify the tasks needed to improve the situation.
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 - Journal 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 -
