- Tytuł:
- Life cycle extension of mobile phones: an exploration with focus on the end-consumer
- Autorzy:
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Penners, Odette
Semeijn, Janjaap
van Riel, Allard C.R.
Lambrechts, Wim - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/14450797.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2018-12-22
- Wydawca:
- Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa we Wrocławiu
- Tematy:
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end of life
e-waste
mobile phones
recycling
WEEE - Opis:
- Aim: All mobile phones will eventually become obsolete and should be collected and recycled in order to recover their high content of both dangerous and valuable materials. End-consumers play a key role in these processes as the collection and recycle systems cannot work properly without their contribution. Therefore, this exploratory study investigates how Dutch end-consumers can be stimulated to return their used mobile phones. Design / Research methods: the factors influencing consumers’ propensity to return and recycle obsolete mobile phones are examined. The results are based on a survey conducted among end-consumers of mobile phones in the Netherlands. Conclusions / findings: There is significant recycling potential as the majority of used mobile phones are simply kept at home. Keeping a used phone as a spare phone and being afraid of privacy disclosures are indicated as main reasons for not taking used phones to a recycling point. Originality / value of the article: The findings indicate that personal satisfaction from recycling and knowledge or awareness of the potential dangers from not properly returning play a crucial role in influencing the propensity.
- Źródło:
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Central European Review of Economics and Management; 2018, 2, 4; 7-37
2543-9472 - Pojawia się w:
- Central European Review of Economics and Management
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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