Towards an effective electronic waste management scheme in Attica, Greece

Menegaki, M; Kaliampakos, D

dc.contributor.author	Menegaki, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Kaliampakos, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:50:55Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:50:55Z
dc.date.issued	2006	en
dc.identifier.issn	17433541	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35209
dc.subject	Electronic waste management	en
dc.subject.other	conference proceeding	en
dc.subject.other	electronic equipment	en
dc.subject.other	growth rate	en
dc.subject.other	hazardous waste	en
dc.subject.other	management practice	en
dc.subject.other	policy analysis	en
dc.subject.other	public health	en
dc.subject.other	waste management	en
dc.subject.other	Attica	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.title	Towards an effective electronic waste management scheme in Attica, Greece	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.2495/WM060561	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/WM060561	en
heal.publicationDate	2006	en
heal.abstract	Electronic wastes (e-wastes) pose a significant threat to human health and the ecosystem, due to both the volume of wastes produced and the hazardous materials contained. Discarded electronic equipment is one of the fastest growing waste streams worldwide, due to the increasing growth rate of the Information Technology (IT) market and the rapid obsolescence of the equipment. The European Union has characterized the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), in general, as one of the key waste streams and has already developed the framework for their management. Although a lot of EU countries have already launched their electronic wastes policy, Greece started the efforts quite recently. Granted that the Greek IT market is expected to grow significantly in the near future, it is obvious that the need for immediate action is more urgent than ever, so as to be able to deal with the problems that will occur due to the accumulation of significant quantities of e-wastes. The paper presents the process so far of a project, funded by European Regional Development Fund, which aims to develop an integrated management system for electronic wastes in the Attica Region.	en
heal.journalName	WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2495/WM060561	en
dc.identifier.volume	92	en
dc.identifier.spage	547	en
dc.identifier.epage	555	en