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A model to rapidly assess informal electronic waste systems.
Waste Management & Research ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 , DOI: 10.1177/0734242x20932225
John-Michael Davis 1
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Electronic waste (e-waste) policies have traditionally been based on extended producer responsibility (EPR) principles. In practice, EPR-based e-waste policies primarily involve the creation of regulated collection and recycling channels, with success tied to achieving high collection quotas. However, the majority of EPR programs, particularly those in the Global South, have achieved little success due to competition with the informal sector. Despite this, strikingly little is known of the scope and dynamics of informal e-waste flows and actors during the formulation of e-waste management policies. This study develops and pilots a replicable three-stage model for solid waste researchers, practitioners and policymakers to rapidly assess these informal e-waste systems. This model is demonstrated in Cuenca, Ecuador, and determined the destination of 50–80% of Cuenca’s e-waste over a period of three days. The methods used and findings that emerge from this study offer a strategy to rapidly quantify and understand the dynamics of informal e-waste systems to inform EPR-based policies in ways that place informal recyclers at the core of e-waste management. This not only provides creative opportunities for formal systems to achieve e-waste collection quotas through partnerships with the informal sector, but offers a pathway to preserve the livelihoods of marginalized populations reliant on e-waste recycling and decrease environmental harm.



中文翻译:

快速评估非正式电子废物系统的模型。

电子废物(电子废物)政策传统上是基于扩展的生产者责任(EPR)原则。实际上,基于EPR的电子废物政策主要涉及建立受监管的收集和回收渠道,其成功与实现高收集配额紧密相关。但是,由于与非正规部门的竞争,大多数EPR计划,特别是南半球的那些计划,都没有取得成功。尽管如此,在制定电子废物管理政策期间,对非正式电子废物流量和参与者的范围和动态知之甚少。这项研究为固体废物研究人员,从业人员和政策制定者开发并试行了可复制的三阶段模型,以快速评估这些非正式的电子废物系统。该模型已在厄瓜多尔的昆卡市展示,并在三天内确定了昆卡50%至80%电子垃圾的目的地。本研究使用的方法和发现提供了一种策略,可以快速量化和了解非正式电子废物系统的动态,从而将基于非正式回收者的电子废物管理的核心内容告知基于EPR的政策。这不仅为正规系统通过与非正规部门建立伙伴关系实现电子废物收集配额提供了创造机会,而且为维护依靠电子废物回收利用并减少环境危害的边缘化人口的生计提供了途径。本研究使用的方法和发现提供了一种策略,可以快速量化和了解非正式电子废物系统的动态,从而将基于非正式回收者的电子废物管理的核心内容告知基于EPR的政策。这不仅为正规系统通过与非正规部门建立伙伴关系实现电子废物收集配额提供了创造机会,而且为维护依靠电子废物回收利用并减少环境危害的边缘化人口的生计提供了途径。这项研究使用的方法和发现提供了一种策略,可以快速量化和了解非正式电子废物系统的动态,从而将基于非正规回收者的电子废物管理的核心内容告知基于EPR的政策。这不仅为正规系统通过与非正规部门的伙伴关系实现电子废物收集配额提供了创造机会,而且为维护依赖于电子废物回收的边缘化人口的生计和减少环境危害提供了途径。

更新日期:2020-06-17
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