Title
Circular economy in electrical and electronic devices waste
Other title
Economía circular en residuos de aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Sangay Terrones M.E.
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Publisher(s)
Universidad del Zulia
Abstract
Currently, the use of natural resources, the challenge of laws and environmental sustainability, as well as waste management, receive considerable attention. The research aims to analyze the circular economy as a strategy in the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment, through a descriptive, nonexperimental study, considering the discarded laptops in a university. The study was carried out in two stages: The first, a proposal for a remanufactured product where the potential of laptop parts to be recycled based on 110 recycled equipment was examined; the second, a business strategy based on the circular economy, in order to identify the perception of the offer of remanufactured computers, for this purpose a tool validated by experts was designed, which was applied to 367 university students. As a result, the relationship between the socioeconomic level and the acceptance of remanufactured personal computers was determined, finding significant correlations. It is concluded that the studied circular economy is an adequate alternative for the management of computer parts waste, in addition a positive perception of this type of products was observed according to the computing needs of the users.
Start page
196
End page
208
Volume
25
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Economía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85077271032
Source
Revista de Ciencias Sociales
ISSN of the container
13159518
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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