Analysis of the barriers of sustainable e-waste recycling industry in China

摘要

With the booming of China's economy, electrical and electronic products have become the common necessities of life to the Chinese people. However, the treatment of e-wastes in China is a stupendous task for the China's stakeholders due to the recent rapid expansion of the informal sector for the waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling, and the serious environmental contaminations and human health problems caused by the primitive treatment of e-wastes. China faces many severe barriers to achieve sustainable e-waste recycling. Therefore, analyzing and identifying these barriers, investigating the cause-effect interrelationships among them, and proposing some measures for the China's stakeholders to promote the sustainable development of e-waste recycling, is of vital importance.