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Is it all going to waste? Illegal transports of e-waste in a European trade hub

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Bisschop, Lieselot·2012·Crime, Law and Social Change
DOI 10.1007/s10611-012-9383-0
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  • The role of producers and the interplay between consumers and producers has been under-scrutinized except for being called a push factor for illegal e-waste trade and substandard disposal.

    “The role of producers and the interplay between consumers and producers has, however, been under-scrutinized except for being called a push factor for illegal e-waste trade and substandard disposal (Bisschop, 2012).”

    From Designed to break: planned obsolescence as corporate environmental crime (2022) · cites this paper as Bisschop, 2012

    The Production and consumption section identifies increased production and consumption as a push factor in e-waste flows, and the Collection of e-waste section identifies an incentive for illegal disposal. The paper does not establish that producers’ roles or producer–consumer interplay have been under-scrutinized; its discussion of consumers’ relationships with illegal collectors does not establish that claim. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Authors
Bisschop, L.
Affiliations
HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts (BE)
Corresponding author
Bisschop, Lieselot
ORCID
Bisschop, Lieselot
Venue
Crime, Law and Social Change
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2012-07-31
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
221-249
ISSN
  • 0378-1100 (ISSN-L)
  • 0925-4994
  • 1573-0751
DOI
10.1007/s10611-012-9383-0
OpenAlex
W2097169217
Cited by
84
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 3
FWCI
12.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Crime Law and Social Change (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
Keywords
electronic waste, transnational environmental crime, push and pull factors, enabling factors, trade hubs, e-waste recycling

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