Global e-waste initiatives

Autor: R. Kuehr
Rok vydání: 2012
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DOI: 10.1533/9780857096333.1.3
Popis: This chapter analyzes how far the e-waste problem is hindering the realization of sustainable societies. It looks into how far existing initiatives such as the Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP) Initiative, Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI), Partnership for Action on Computing equipment (Pace), Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), Further work under the International Telecommunications union (ITU) and the Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management (SAICM) address the e-waste problem and its multitude of dimensions, also describing a way ahead towards reaching the vision.
Databáze: OpenAIRE