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In order to implement producer responsibility as required by the European WEEE-Directive, Germany decided to allow producers to determine the extent of their individual responsibility based on brand sorting. This paper presents this approach, the challenges related to its practical application and possible alternatives to implement individual producer responsibility.
The trade of secondhand electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) from developed to developing countries has become a growing environmental issue owing to concerns about improper recycling of these goods in developing countries. We followed a 40-foot cargo container of cathode-ray-tube color TVs exported from Japan to the Philippines in February 2008. We surveyed the number of TVs damaged in transport,...
This paper presents estimates of exhaust emissions from a container vessel during its voyages by using current best-practice inventory methodology. Emission estimates are performed for both criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Two approaches, power-based and fuel-based, are applied for emission calculations, where the former involves multiplying power-based emission factors by engine power...
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