Title :
Costa Rica advances towards a sustainable management of e-waste
Author :
Gutierrez, Floria Roa
Author_Institution :
Inst. Tecnologico de Costa Rica Cartago, Cartago
Abstract :
Costa Rica is presently working to establish a sustainable e-waste management system, which becomes a pioneering effort coming from a developing country. After a diagnostic study, a strategy for e-waste management has been proposed by a National Technical Committee conformed by the major stakeholders. The results on the implementation will be presented.
Keywords :
environmental management; industrial waste; sustainable development; Costa Rica; National Technical Committee; sustainable e-waste management system; Chemistry; Collaborative software; Educational technology; Electronic equipment; Electronic waste; Environmental management; Hardware; Home computing; Paramagnetic resonance; Waste management; Costa Rica e-waste; e-waste management;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics & the Environment, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0861-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2007.369097
