Response to waste electrical and electronic equipments in China: legislation, recycling system, and advanced integrated process.
Response to waste electrical and electronic equipments in China: legislation, recycling system, and advanced integrated process.
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DOI：
10.1021/es203771m
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发表时间：
2012-04
影响因子：
11.4
通讯作者：
Lei Zhou;Zhenming Xu
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作者：
Lei Zhou;Zhenming Xu
Over the past 30 years, China has been suffering from negative environmental impacts from distempered waste electrical and electronic equipments (WEEE) recycling activities. For the purpose of environmental protection and resource reusing, China made a great effort to improve WEEE recycling. This article reviews progresses of three major fields in the development of China's WEEE recycling industry: legal system, formal recycling system, and advanced integrated process. Related laws concerning electronic waste (e-waste) management and renewable resource recycling are analyzed from aspects of improvements and loopholes. The outcomes and challenges for existing formal recycling systems are also discussed. The advantage and deficiency related to advanced integrated recycling processes for typical e-wastes are evaluated respectively. Finally, in order to achieve high disposal rates of WEEE, high-quantify separation of different materials in WEEE and high added value final products produced by separated materials from WEEE, an idea of integrated WEEE recycling system is proposed to point future development of WEEE recycling industry.
