Legal recommendation on law enforcement of WEEE recycling system

The missing enforcement of the legislation is a crucial issue, which in many contexts impede the proper development of an e-waste system. The following paragraphs focus on the way inspections are perpetrated in some European member states and what tools are to put in place to ensure obligors do comply…

Assessment methods for waste management decision-support in developing countries

E-Waste in China: A country report

The global e-waste monitor – 2014

E-waste statistics: Guidelines on classification, reporting and indicators

Management of WEEE Containing Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers – A material flow analysis case study from Vienna

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were routinely applied as flame retardants in plastic materials in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) for several decades. Commercial mixtures of pentabromodiphenyl ether (cPentaBDE) and commercial octabromodiphenyl ether (cOctaBDE) are classified because of their toxicity and persistence as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention…