E-waste has been identified as the fastest growing waste stream in the world at present. Rapid socioeconomic development and technological advancement are the main drivers of this trend. The hazardous chemical components of e-waste have potential adverse impacts on ecosystems and human health if not...
Overall, the study underscores the importance of political ideology in shaping e-waste recycling policies and environmental sustainability efforts. It emphasizes that effective policies should align with the political commitment of the governing body.Arslan, Erdal...
Global perspective on e-waste Electronic waste, or e-waste, is an emerging problem as well as a business opportunity of increasing significance, given the volumes of e-waste being generated and the content of both toxic and valuable materials in them. The fraction in... R Widmer,H Oswald-...
"The central government has facilitated e-waste businesses via improved laws and policies to regulate their growth and protect the environment. It has also issued preferential measures to boost legal, certified recycling and dismantling businesses," Shan said. In 2012, the central government introduced...
Looking at the drivers, why these policies were introduced in the first place, waste management was the most important factor [15]. Very ambitious, at least time-wise, was the pledge by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in 2018 that India will have eliminated all single-use plastics...
Politicians are hence facing a dilemma: if they base their risk policies on the expert judgements alone, they may lose public support; if they take the perceptions as guidance for their decisions, they are likely to spend their resources dedicated to risk reduction unwisely. They may finance ...
…Labour’s policies are bad, in many ways they are just a continuance of a social democratic experiment that’s been pursued by successive governments, including Conservative ones, over the past 30 years. …the brain drain has started up again, with young high-earners fleeing to the US, ...
departments including Sustainability Victoria, EPA Victoria and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning will discuss key policies that have been developed as part of Victoria’s waste management and reduction plans with a strong focus on electronic and organic waste – bot...
Industrial policy is when politicians and bureaucrats use various combinations of tax, spending, and regulatory policies to steer the economy. In other words, they are putting their thumbs on the scale to pick winners and losers. It means replacing the “invisible hand” of the market with the...
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