E-waste management and resources recovery in France.
There are various issues of concern regarding electronic waste management, such as the toxicity of hazardous materials and the collection, recycling and recovery of useful resources. To understand the fate of electronic waste after collection and recycling, a products and materials flow analysis should be performed. This is a critical need, as material resources are becoming increasingly scarce and recycling may be able to provide secondary sources for new materials in the future. In this study, we investigate electronic waste systems, specifically the resource recovery or recycling aspects, as well as mapping electronic waste flows based on collection data in France. Approximately 1,588,453 t of new electrical and electronic equipment were sold in the French market in 2010. Of this amount, 430,000 t of electronic waste were collected, with the remaining 1,128,444 t remaining in stock. Furthermore, the total recycled amounts were 354,106 t and 11,396 t, respectively. The main electronic waste materials were ferrous metals (37%), plastic (22%), aluminium (12%), copper (11%) and glass (7%). This study will contribute to developing sustainable electronic waste and resource recycling systems in France.
CREIDD Research Centre on Environmental Studies & Sustainability, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France.
Kiyan
K
Vadoudi
CREIDD Research Centre on Environmental Studies & Sustainability, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France Department of Geoecology and Geochemistry, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia junbeum.kim@utt.fr.
Junbeum
J
Kim
CREIDD Research Centre on Environmental Studies & Sustainability, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France.
Bertrand
B
Laratte
Department of Earth and Resource Science, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI, USA Department of Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI, USA.
Seung-Jin
SJ
Lee
CREIDD Research Centre on Environmental Studies & Sustainability, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France.
Nadège
N
Troussier
D059029:Electronic Waste; D005602:France; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D010969:Plastics / Q000032:analysis; D059027:Recycling; D018505:Waste Management
D008670:Metals; D010969:Plastics
Electronic waste (e-waste); France; recovery; recycling; resource and flows