TY - JOUR
T1 - On the effectiveness of a license scheme for E-waste recycling
T2 - The challenge of China and India
AU - Shinkuma, Takayoshi
AU - Managi, Shunsuke
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Amit Jain, Satish Sinha, Akshay J. Mehta, Manoj Lal Shrestha, Bhakta Bahadur Balayar, Katsuhiko Kitagawa, and Yasuhiko Hotta for providing crucial information. We are also grateful to the referee of this journal, Atsushi Terazono, Michikazu Kojima, and Yumi Skrzypczak for their many helpful comments. This research was funded by a Waste Management Research Grant ( K2064 ) from the Ministry of Environment of Japan (the research theme: Analysis of material cycle systems for E-waste and waste plastics in Asia).
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - It is well known that China and India have been recycling centers of WEEE, especially printed circuit boards, and that serious environmental pollution in these countries has been generated by improper recycling methods. After the governments of China and India banned improper recycling by the informal sector, improper recycling activities spread to other places. Then, these governments changed their policies to one of promoting proper recycling by introducing a scheme, under which E-waste recycling requires a license issued by the government. In this paper, the effectiveness of that license scheme is examined by means of an economic model. It can be shown that the license scheme can work effectively only if disposers of E-waste have a responsibility to sell E-waste to license holders. Our results run counter to the idea that international E-waste trade should be banned and provide an alternative solution to the problem.
AB - It is well known that China and India have been recycling centers of WEEE, especially printed circuit boards, and that serious environmental pollution in these countries has been generated by improper recycling methods. After the governments of China and India banned improper recycling by the informal sector, improper recycling activities spread to other places. Then, these governments changed their policies to one of promoting proper recycling by introducing a scheme, under which E-waste recycling requires a license issued by the government. In this paper, the effectiveness of that license scheme is examined by means of an economic model. It can be shown that the license scheme can work effectively only if disposers of E-waste have a responsibility to sell E-waste to license holders. Our results run counter to the idea that international E-waste trade should be banned and provide an alternative solution to the problem.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.09.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77950039635
SN - 0195-9255
VL - 30
SP - 262
EP - 267
JO - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
JF - Environmental Impact Assessment Review
IS - 4
ER -
