Technical solutions to improve global sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the EU and China
Long, Euan and Kokke, Saskia and Lundie, Donald and Shaw, Nicola and Ijomah, Winifred and Kao, Chih-chuan (2016) Technical solutions to improve global sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the EU and China. Journal of Remanufacturing, 6 (1). ISSN 2210-4690 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13243-015-0023-6)
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Abstract
With the amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) being generated every year and increasing at an accelerating rate, the management of electronic waste (e-waste) has become an important global issue. This article contains a literature survey and a practical study of five mobile phones. In the literature survey WEEE management approaches in the EU and China were evaluated to identify differences and commonalities in approach as well as the identification of the current best practices. Practical End-of-Life (EoL) treatment processes, including remanufacturing, reconditioning, repairing, recycling, repurposing, reusing and disposal of e-waste were all investigated and studied in context of mobile phones. In the phone disassembly exercise the component material, weight, joining method, possibility of re-attachment and damage of disassembly were identified and noted down for every removed component. This disassembly gave insight in how the WEEE management in the EU could be adapted to improve the amount of component recovery. A final suggestion is to implement an EU objective open-access component database where original equipment manufacturer (OEM) component data and updated component performance information can be found. This would improve the quality and identification of components and hence aid component recovery.
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Item type: Article ID code: 57590 Dates: DateEvent31 December 2016Published22 January 2016Published Online27 December 2015AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering design Department: Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 30 Aug 2016 15:21 Last modified: 18 Oct 2024 00:24 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/57590