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Mobile phone waste management in developing countries: A case of Sri Lanka

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  • Thavalingam, Vyshnavi
  • Karunasena, Gayani

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The fashionable and technological market has started to invent new trends of mobile phones frequently. This impacts on consumer attitude and shorten the usable life span of a mobile phone. Due to this the number of unused and waste mobile phones has started to increase and a need has arisen to manage mobile phone waste. Lack of legislation, illegal markets, second hand markets and lack of processing technologies make mobile phone waste management process more critical in developing countries compared to developed countries. In this context, the study intended to identify major gaps in mobile phone waste management in developing countries with a special emphasis on Sri Lanka.

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  • Thavalingam, Vyshnavi & Karunasena, Gayani, 2016. "Mobile phone waste management in developing countries: A case of Sri Lanka," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 109(C), pages 34-43.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:109:y:2016:i:c:p:34-43
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.01.017
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