Survey on disposal behaviour and awareness of mobile phones in Chinese university students

摘要：

　　Retired mobile phones represent the most valuable electrical and electronic equipment in the main waste stream because of such characteristics as large quantity,high reuse/recovery value and fast replacement frequency.An online survey was conducted in the university students in China to identify the disposal behaviour and awareness of mobile phones,which will promote sustainable management of retired mobile phones.The results show that about 22% of the respondents replace their mobile phones annually,while most respondents replace their phones in 2-3 years.The most common reason for mobile phones replacement is the physical broken.64% of the respondents stockpile their most recently retired phones mainly due to lack of formal management system.The survey results on mobile phones consumers environmental awareness also can help improve the policy-making.Nearly 50% of the respondents believe the recycling cost of the retired phones should be shared by all the stakeholders.The incentives with cash or voucher will be the efficient take-back approach.Some suggestions for constructing efficient management system for retired mobile phones are given based on the results and discussions,in which the important effects of the monetary incentives and targeted publicity are emphasized.

关键词： mobile phones use disposal survey China

作者: Bo Li Jianxin Yang Xiaolong Song Bin Lu

作者单位: Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Acaderay of Sciences,P.O.Box 2871, 18 Shuangqing Roaa, Haidian District, Beijing, 100085, Peoples Republic of China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Seventh International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第七届固体废物管理与技术国际会议(ICWMT7))

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 469-476

在线出版日期: 2012-09-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）