Application of Material Flow Analysis (MFA) in Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Management: A Review

• Main Authors: Md Tasbirul Islam, Nazmul Huda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
• Series: Proceedings
• Subjects: e-waste; waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE); material flow analysis (MFA); circular economy; sustainable development
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/23/1457

This paper reviews around 41 articles providing the trends, characteristics, research gaps and challenges of these studies that may help e-waste management-related academics and practitioners with an overview of the need for such tool to be applied. The results and highlighted future research perspectives discussed in this study will definitely help to analyze e-waste management systems with more critical aspects, i.e., hidden and known flows of waste products and associated materials, economic assessment of material recovery and the role of responsible authorities.