Sustainability of the Electronic Equipment Sector: Advances and Controversial Aspects
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2013) | Viewed by 266
Special Issue Editor
Interests: life cycle assessment; energy systems and climate change; the environmental impact and assessment of weee; end-of-life management; environmental impact of tourism; water and carbon footprint; circular economy; biomass and biofuels of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation
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Dear Colleagues,
In the last twenty years, there has been a sharp increase in the consumption of the electronic equipment, particularly IT and Telecommunications ones, such as mobile phones, PC and others. The short lifespan, which is due to continually substituting obsolete equipment with newer and more innovative models, has stimulated the growth in sales of these goods. This scenario demonstrates the need for studies and researches examining the sustainability of this sector according to two critical aspects that are also due to the behavioral patterns of the users: the first is the energy consumption of electronic devices and their associated equipment, and the second is related to the conflicting link between potential dematerialisation due to the miniaturisation of the devices and the resource consumption and waste generated in this sector.
This special issue of Sustainability will focus on the several aspects of the sustainability in this sector, so we welcome submissions of papers regarding the resources consumption, the energy use and the waste generated in the production, use and end-of-life chains of the Electronic Equipment, as well as the behavioral usage patterns, the ecodesign, the recycling and the EU legislation about this sector.
Dr. Annarita Paiano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electronic equipment
- sustainability
- usage patterns
- energy use
- resources consumption
- WEEE
- ecodesign
- recycling
- EU legislation
