International management system on transboundary movement of waste and used electrical and electronic equipment: A comparative study
LIU Fang, ZHENG Li-xia, TAN Quan-yin, LI Jin-hui
Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Management and Environment Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract:Illegal transboundary movement of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become one of the important environmental issues worldwide. How to identify the WEEE from used electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE) has subsequently been considered as a hot topic of international environmental convention. In this context, a comparative study was conducted to understand the transboundary movement management of WEEE and UEEE, and their identification standards under the international convention. The typical exporting countries/regions (such as America, Japan and the EU) and typical importing countries (such as Thailand, Malaysia and China) were selected as the case studies. The results showed that the policies of the developed and developing countries on the transboundary movement of WEEE and UEEE are antagonistic. Although the Basel Convention is trying to reduce this antagonism in order to protect the environmental interests of developing countries, the risk of the illegal transboundary movement of e-waste still exists. On the basis of WEEE and UEEE import management status in China and the results obtained in this study, some effective policy suggestions were put forward for improving the existing management system in China.
刘芳, 郑莉霞, 谭全银, 李金惠. 废旧电器电子产品越境转移国际管理制度比较[J]. 中国环境科学, 2018, 38(6): 2193-2201.
LIU Fang, ZHENG Li-xia, TAN Quan-yin, LI Jin-hui. International management system on transboundary movement of waste and used electrical and electronic equipment: A comparative study. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2018, 38(6): 2193-2201.
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