Evaluation of the Potential Toxicity of Metals in Discarded Electronics: A Case Study of Mobile Phones in P. R. China

Author

Zhong, H.W. ; Gu, X. ; Chan, Y.C. ; Wu, B.Y.

Author_Institution

City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon

fYear

2007

fDate

14-17 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The e-waste is increasingly flooding Asia, especially China, which could precipitate a growing volume of toxic input to the local environment if not handled properly. This makes the assessment of environmental impact from discarded electronics an essentially important task for end-of-life (EOL) management. Tins paper presents a quantitative investigation of the toxicity of metals in mobile phones under a worst-case scenario using the toxicity potential indicator (TPI) module in the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM)-EE Toolbox.

Keywords

electronic products; environmental degradation; hazardous materials; mobile handsets; toxicology; waste disposal; P. R. China; discarded electronics; e-waste; end-of-life management; environmental impact; mobile phones; potential metal toxicity; toxicity potential indicator module; Ceramics; Consumer electronics; Electronic waste; Environmental economics; Floods; Hazardous materials; Mobile handsets; Plastics; Recycling; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Packaging Technology, 2007. ICEPT 2007. 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1392-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1392-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPT.2007.4441513

Filename

4441513