Globally, workers improperly recycle E-waste in informal hubs, damaging the environment and the health of their community. No one has previously published an extensive list of E-waste hubs, which has caused a disproportionate amount of research in a handful of hubs. Through a content analysis of academic literature and regional news, we mapped 23 hubs worldwide, identified gaps in the topics and locations of E-waste research, and compared the two media sources.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Smith, David A.
• Auclair, Brigid Rose
• Ormes, Gwyneth Carney
• Tourtillott, Nicholas J.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-071020-200108

Keyword

• Technology and Environment

Advisor

• Brattin, Joel J.
• Davis, John-Michael

Year

• 2020

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2020-07-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright