E-Waste management: Economical, environmental and health concerns for developing and least-developed countries | ||
| التجارة والتمويل | ||
| Volume 44, Issue 1, March 2024, Pages 263-297 PDF (1.23 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/caf.2024.349485 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ibrahim Elatroush | ||
| Faculty of Commerce, Tanta University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The paper aims to investigate electronic and electrical equipment waste management (EEEWM) or e-waste management. In this regard, the paper starts by focusing on the economic importance of e-waste management via reuse and recycling and other benefits of recycling in preserving limited resources, eliminating environmental degradation, and having a negative impact on human health. Moreover, the paper covers the negative consequences of e-waste on the environment and health. Afterward, the paper investigates the e-waste dilemma in developing and least-developed countries in a sample of developing and least-developed countries. Then, the paper handles e-waste management and how to achieve effective e-waste management. Finally, the study provides a set of recommendations and policy implications | ||
| Keywords | ||
| E-waste management; Economic return; Recycling; Environmental degradation; Health | ||
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