title: Mobile phone waste management and recycling: Views and trends.
abstract: There is an enormous growth in mobile phone consumption worldwide which leads to generation of a large volume of mobile phone waste every year. The aim of this review is to give an insight on the articles on mobile phone waste management and recycling, published in scientific journals, major proceedings and books from 1999 to 2015. The major areas of research have been identified and discussed based on available literature in each research topic. It was observed that most of these articles were published during the recent years, with the number of articles increasing yearly. Material recovery and review on management options of waste are found to be the leading topics in this area. Researchers have proved that economically viable refurbishing or recycling of such waste is possible in an environmentally friendly manner. However, the literatures indicate that without proper consumer awareness, a recycling system cannot perform to its maximum efficiency. The methodologies followed and analytical techniques employed by the researchers to attain their objectives have been discussed. The graphical representations of available literature on current topic with respect to year of publication, topics and location have also been explored.
authors.affiliation: Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), TVK Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai 600032, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: dev.sarath@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sarath
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), B-25, CNI Complex, Patia, Bhubaneswar 751024, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Sateesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonda
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), B-25, CNI Complex, Patia, Bhubaneswar 751024, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.affiliation: Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), TVK Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai 600032, Tamil Nadu, India; Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), B-25, CNI Complex, Patia, Bhubaneswar 751024, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D059027:Recycling / Q000639:trends*; D018505:Waste Management
keywords: E-waste; Mobile phone waste; Recycling; Review; Waste management