Informal E-Waste Flows in Montréal: Implications for Extended Producer Responsibility and Circularity.
Environmental agencies around the world have adopted policies to manage e-waste and reduce the negative environmental impacts associated with its collection, sorting, dismantling, and recycling. In many OECD countries, where adequate policies and processing technologies exist, those who manage exten...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 72; no. 5; pp. 1032 - 1050 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2023
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