WEEE recycling in Zhejiang Province, China: generation, treatment, and public awareness

摘要

A recent challenge faced by China is to cope with the huge amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) being generated all over the country. With increased pressure of environmental protection and resource conservation, laws and regulations based on extended producer responsibility (EPR) principles have been enacted by the government to promote and support for developing formal WEEE recycling enterprises. While the WEEE management system is an extensive reverse logistics system involving consumers, collectors, dismantlers, recyclers, and even EEE producers and re manufacturers, any problem in every entity may hinder the effective operation of the whole system.