Designing E-Waste Material Flow Systems for Sustainable Regional Economic Development: Exploring U.S. and Chinese Approaches

摘要博士。佐治亚理工学院的Nancey Leigh和中山大学的袁启峰教授将主持一个研讨会，主题是？为可持续区域经济发展设计电子垃圾物流系统：探索美国和中国的方法？2010年7月31日至8月2日，中国，在广州中山大学。Leigh博士和她的同事将于2010年2月3-5日对广东省主要的电子垃圾处理场贵峪镇进行会前实况调查访问。拟议的讲习班可促进跨学科互动，并继续研究电子废物的流动以及最佳废物转移和管理战略。它还可以通过增加合法回收活动的经济发展潜力来影响社会，同时减少在全球经济中管理美国废物对环境的有害影响。本次研讨会将由广东省、中国和美国国家科学基金共同资助。

AbstractDr. Nancey Leigh of Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor Yuan Qifeng, Sun Yat-Sen University will host a workshop on ?Designing e-waste material flow systems for sustainable regional economic development: exploring U.S. and Chinese Approaches? at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, on July 31-August 2, 2010. Dr. Leigh and her colleague will carry out a pre-meeting fact-finding visit to the key e-waste site in Guangdong Province, Guiyu Township, on February 3-5, 2010. The proposed workshop can foster interaction across disciplines and continue the research on electronic waste material flows as well as optimum waste diversion and management strategies. It can also impact society by aiming to increase the economic development potential of legitimate recycling activities, while reducing harmful environmental impacts of managing U.S. waste in the global economy. This workshop will be supported jointly by Guangdong Province, China, and the U.S. National Science Foundation.