WEEE Treatment in Developing Countries: Environmental Pollution and Health Consequences—An Overview
In the last few decades, the rapid technological evolution has led to a growing generation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Not rarely, it has been exported from industrialized to developing countries, where it represents a secondary source of valuable materials such as gold, cop...
Main Authors: | Mentore Vaccari, Giovanni Vinti, Alessandra Cesaro, Vincenzo Belgiorno, Stefan Salhofer, Maria Isabel Dias, Aleksander Jandric |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-05-01
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Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/9/1595 |
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