{"product_id":"e-waste-management-klaus-hieronymi-9781849714020","title":"E-Waste Management: From Waste to Resource","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe landscape of electronic waste, e-waste, management is changing dramatically. Besides a rapidly increasing world population, globalization is driving the demand for products, resulting in rising prices for many materials. Absolute scarcity looms for some special resources such as indium. Used electronic products and recyclable materials are increasingly crisscrossing the globe. This is creating both - opportunities and challenges for e-waste management. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis focuses on the current and future trends, technologies and regulations for reusable and recyclable e-waste worldwide. It compares international e-waste management perspectives and regulations under a view that includes the environmental, social and economic aspects of the different linked systems. It overviews the current macro-economic trends from material demand to international policy to waste scavenging, examines particular materials and product streams in detail and explores the future for e-waste and its' management considering technology progress, improving end-of-lifecycle designs, policy and sustainability perspectives. To achieve this, the volume has been divided in twelve chapters that cover three major themes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eholistic view of the global e-waste situation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecurrent reserve supply chain and management of used electronics, including flows, solutions, policies and regulations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efuture perspectives and solutions for a sustainable e-waste management.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emphasis of the book is mainly on the dramatic change of the entire e-waste sector from the cheapest way of getting rid of e-waste in an environmental sound way to how e-waste can help to reduce excavation of new substances and lead to a sustainable economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is an ideal resource for policy-makers, waste managers and researchers involved in the design and implementation of e-waste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Klaus Hieronymi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849714029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849714020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Klaus Hieronymi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48445814014207,"sku":"9781849714020","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67b624ae-79cd-44e6-8cad-179f261c78f1.jpg?v=1777220827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/e-waste-management-klaus-hieronymi-9781849714020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}