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dc.contributor.authorGunarathne, N
dc.contributor.authorde Alwis, A
dc.contributor.authorAlahakoon, Y
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-13T00:17:06Z
dc.date.available2020-01-13T00:17:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119641
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/390121
dc.description.abstractWhile much has been written on e-waste in developed countries and some developing countries, the challenges of sustainable urban mining in e-waste in Sri Lanka remain largely unexplored. However, understanding these challenges is a complex process owing to the large number of stakeholders involved and intricate macro environmental factors. Hence, a systematic approach is needed to understand the multi-faceted, multi-stakeholder challenges in e-waste recycling in Sri Lanka. This study explores the challenges inhibiting sustainable urban mining in e-waste recycling in Sri Lanka and remedial action to address these challenges with the help of the integrated sustainable waste management model [ISWMM]. Using a case study approach to the entire e-waste recycling industry in Sri Lanka, this study collected data through various methods including interviews, site visits and document analyses. The collected data was analysed thematically using a modified version of ISWMM revealing the interrelationship between the multidimensional challenges stemming from stakeholders, e-waste management processes and the local enabling environment. Since all these challenges are closely knit in a vicious circle, a few ad-hoc initiatives to overcome them would not suffice to produce the desired change towards the goal of a sustainable urban mining in e-waste. Thus, the possible strategies to overcome these challenges should include policy formulation, law enforcement, adoption of the extended producer responsibility principle, capacity building, awareness creation and education, import controls, industry regularization and public-private-partnership. These strategies need to be urgently initiated by the Sri Lankan government, business organizations, consumers and civil society so as to overcome any environmental and social issues associated with urban mining of e-waste while harnessing its business potential.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom119641: 1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto119641: 13
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Cleaner Production
dc.relation.ispartofvolume251
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchManufacturing engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4011
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4014
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4099
dc.titleChallenges facing sustainable urban mining in the e-waste recycling industry in Sri Lanka
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGunarathne, N; de Alwis, A; Alahakoon, Y, Challenges facing sustainable urban mining in the e-waste recycling industry in Sri Lanka, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 251, pp. 119641: 1-119641: 13
dc.date.updated2020-01-13T00:07:20Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGunarathne, Nuwan N.


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