Last modified: 2014-09-11
Abstract
commodities (WEEE; textiles and bulky waste) in one of the economically
well-developed EU 15 member states and bring it to their home countries to
sell the items at flea markets. Reuse is seen as a promising waste prevention
measure and environmental benefits are expected in most cases compared to
the use of new items. But the environmental benefit of these informal
transnational activities was doubt especially for WEEE. Thus, the impact of
this informal type of reuse was investigated in detail during the Central
Europe project TransWaste for 13 different products exemplary presented in
this paper for a refrigerator and a plastic garden chair.
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Summaries., Abstract p.65-67; full paper on CD