Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
2nd International Conference on Mathematical, Engineering, Jaipur, Hindistan, 21 - 22 Mayıs 2023, ss.1-2
Let’s Change: E-waste Management in Consumers, Producers, and Governments
Ece Özer Çizer*[0000-0002-8597-2073], İbrahim Kırcova[0000-0003-2381-5459]
Yıldız Technical University. 34200, İstanbul, Turkey
*ece.ozer@icloud.com
Abstract
Purpose
E-waste is a concept that refers to discarded electronic devices and their components. This concept is a growing concern today and brings many problems in terms of environment and health. In order to reduce the effects of this problem, consumers, producers, and governments have various responsibilities. In this study, the previous studies in the literature aimed to determine the responsibilities for managing e-waste and the distribution of these responsibilities. In this direction, systematic literature analysis has been applied to the studies in the literature, the subject of e-waste has been studied, and the subjects and themes that need to be studied more and that have not been studied yet but must be studied. With this focus, the study also provides guidance for future studies.
Design/methodology/approach
In the study, the Web of Science database was chosen for literature analysis. Keywords to be used in the study were determined as "e-waste" or "electronic waste" or "WEEE" or "waste of electrical and electronic" AND consumer* or producer* or government*. Then, the type of studies was selected as "article" only and "6." The citations are filtered by the meso filter. As a result, a data set was created with 654 articles. R Studio and Biblioshiny package were used to analyze the dataset.
Findings
The findings of the study show that "R. Widmer", "H. Boni" and "J.H. Li" were the most cited authors in the dataset. When the most influential sources related to the study are examined, it is seen that the "Journal of Cleaner Production" is the magazine that produces the most publications on the subject. China and TSINGHUA University stand out in terms of the most productive countries and institutions in the field. In addition, the analysis revealed two main research themes in the literature, e-waste, and extended producer responsibility. While it was determined that the concepts of WEEE, recycling, circular economy, and waste management were covered within the scope of the e-waste theme; Within the scope of the expanded producer responsibility theme, concepts such as industrial ecology, waste, environmental policy, product design, eco-design were discussed.
Research limitations/implications
One of the limitations of the research is that the data set was created using only the articles in the Web of Science database. Another limitation is that the analysis method only focuses on the highest-frequency words and scores.
Practical implications
This study, which investigates e-waste management in terms of consumers, producers, and governments, deals with the issue of e-waste management in three parties. The study, which reveals both the current state of the literature and the desired state, suggests what needs to be done to reach the goal. The findings of the study serve as a guide to raise awareness of consumers about e-waste, enable producers to take more responsibility and make it easier for governments to make more effective regulations.
Originality/value
This study is the second of the studies carried out within the scope of the doctoral thesis named "E-Waste in the Environmentally Responsible Disposal Behaviors". In the first study, e-waste was considered as a negative aspect of digital technologies, and its position in the literature was examined within the scope of attitude, intention, and behavior trio in terms of consumer behavior. The findings of the first study encourage both producers and governments, as well as consumers, to take responsibility for e-waste. The findings of the first study constitute the purpose of this study. Accordingly, in this study, e-waste management is discussed in terms of consumers, producers, and governments using a systematic literature analysis.