Global E-waste management: Can WEEE make a difference? A review of e-waste trends, legislation, contemporary issues and future challenges

OS Shittu, ID Williams, PJ Shaw - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) comprises a globally important waste
stream due to the scarcity and value of the materials that it contains; annual generation of …

[BOOK][B] Children and digital dumpsites: e-waste exposure and child health

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
The burgeoning global market in electronic and electrical devices, combined with shorter
device life expectancies, is fuelling an unprecedented health crisis for children in the …

[HTML][HTML] From inequitable to sustainable e-waste processing for reduction of impact on human health and the environment

B Ádám, T Göen, PTJ Scheepers, D Adliene… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recycling of electric and electronic waste products (e-waste) which amounted to more than
50 million metric tonnes per year worldwide is a massive and global operation …

Sustainable minerals and metals for a low-carbon future

BK Sovacool, SH Ali, M Bazilian, B Radley, B Nemery… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Climate change mitigation will create new natural resource and supply chain opportunities
and dilemmas, because substantial amounts of raw materials will be required to build new …

[HTML][HTML] The decarbonisation divide: contextualizing landscapes of low-carbon exploitation and toxicity in Africa

BK Sovacool, A Hook, M Martiskainen, A Brock… - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Much academic research on low-carbon transitions focuses on the diffusion or use of
innovations such as electric vehicles or solar panels, but overlooks or obscures downstream …

E-waste it wisely: lessons from Africa

T Maes, F Preston-Whyte - SN Applied Sciences, 2022 - Springer
E-waste is the world's fastest growing and most valuable domestic waste stream. The
increasing production of e-waste is driving elevated levels of export from developed to …

E-waste in Africa: a serious threat to the health of children

TS Lebbie, OD Moyebi, KA Asante, J Fobil… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Waste electronic and electrical equipment (e-waste) consists of used and discarded
electrical and electronic items ranging from refrigerators to cell phones and printed circuit …

Pathways to a healthy net-zero future: report of the Lancet Pathfinder Commission

S Whitmee, R Green, K Belesova, S Hassan, S Cuevas… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Deep, rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit future
global temperature increases to 1· 5 C above pre-industrial levels, but current progress is …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicity evaluation of E-waste plastics and potential repercussions for human health

N Singh, H Duan, Y Tang - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
At present, waste mobile phone is considered to be one of the fastest-growing obsolete
items in the stream of electronic waste (e-waste). Toxic substances such as heavy metals …