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TY - JOUR
T1 - Emerging issue of e-waste in Pakistan
T2 - a review of status, research needs and data gaps
AU - Iqbal, Mehreen
AU - Breivik, Knut
AU - Syed, Jabir Hussain
AU - Malik, Riffat Naseem
AU - Li, Jun
AU - Zhang, Gan
AU - Jones, Kevin C.
N1 - Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - This review article focuses on the current situation of e-waste in Pakistan with the emphasis on defining the major e-waste recycling sites, current and future domestic generation of e-waste, hidden flows or import of e-waste and discusses various challenges for e-waste management. Needed policy interventions and possible measures to be taken at governmental level are discussed to avoid the increasing problem of e-waste in the country. Our findings highlight that there is still a general lack of reliable data, inventories and research studies addressing e-waste related issues in the context of environmental and human health in Pakistan. There is therefore a critical need to improve the current knowledge base, which should build upon the research experience from other countries which have experienced similar situations in the past. Further research into these issues in Pakistan is considered vital to help inform future policies/control strategies as already successfully implemented in other countries.
AB - This review article focuses on the current situation of e-waste in Pakistan with the emphasis on defining the major e-waste recycling sites, current and future domestic generation of e-waste, hidden flows or import of e-waste and discusses various challenges for e-waste management. Needed policy interventions and possible measures to be taken at governmental level are discussed to avoid the increasing problem of e-waste in the country. Our findings highlight that there is still a general lack of reliable data, inventories and research studies addressing e-waste related issues in the context of environmental and human health in Pakistan. There is therefore a critical need to improve the current knowledge base, which should build upon the research experience from other countries which have experienced similar situations in the past. Further research into these issues in Pakistan is considered vital to help inform future policies/control strategies as already successfully implemented in other countries.
KW - E-waste
KW - Illegal import
KW - Recycling sites
KW - Status
KW - Research needs
KW - Data gaps
KW - Management
KW - Pakistan
U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.09.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26433180
VL - 207
SP - 308
EP - 318
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
SN - 0269-7491
ER -