Title :
Material flow of used PCs in Japan
Author :
Yoshida, Aya ; Tasaki, Tomohiro ; Terazono, Atsushi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Tsukuba
Abstract :
We estimated the material flow of used PCs in Japan, both before and after the enforcement of a household PC recycling system, by minimizing the errors in material flow data. The number of PCs reused in the country and the number exported as secondhand were also estimated.
Keywords :
DP industry; industrial waste; microcomputers; recycling; Japan; household PC recycling system; material flow; used PC; Cathode ray tubes; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Life estimation; Liquid crystal displays; Personal communication networks; Portable computers; Recycling; Resource management; Waste materials; e-waste; export; recycle; reuse;
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.2007.369100
