Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Subject "e-waste"

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E-waste in the Caribbean: Is there a potential for a circular economy?

Mohammadi, Elham (University of Waterloo, 2020-08-31)

Islands are bounded systems, often plagued with several sustainability challenges of limited land and resource availability, as well as pressing waste management issues. Small island economies import most of their resource ...
Electronic waste in Ontario: Case study of a primary processing facility

Tutton, Carl Gordon (University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)

Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest expanding, and valuable waste streams due to its content of precious, critical, and base metals. E-waste is comprised of electronic devices operated below 10,000 volts that ...
Electronic Waste in the Technology Triangle

Rosenblat, Carly (University of Waterloo, 2014-08-27)

A contemporary planning issue is how to strategically handle electronic waste (e-waste) within urban environments. E-waste is a fast growing waste stream, resulting in increasingly toxic hazards. This thesis employs ...