E-Waste in Transition - From Pollution to Resource

E-waste management is a serious challenge across developed, transition, and developing countries because of the consumer society and the globalization process. E-waste is a fast-growing waste stream to which international organizations, governments, and local authorities need to pay more attention in order to improve the current waste management practices.

The book "E-Waste in Transition - From Pollution to Resource" reveals the pollution side of this waste stream with critical implications on the environment and public health; it also points out the resource side which must be further developed under the circular economy framework with respect to safety regulations. In this context, complicated patterns at the global scale emerge under legal and illegal e-waste trades. The linkages between developed and developing countries and key issues of e-waste management sector are further examined in the book.

The Romanian scientist Florin-Constantin Mihai (editor) gathered authors from all over the world. Henning Wilts and Nadja von Gries from the Wuppertal Institut also contributed a chapter. You find the whole book and each chapter free for download at the open science platform INTECH.