E-Waste Supply Chain in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management

E-Waste Supply Chain in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management

Sara Ojeda-Benitez, Samantha E. Cruz-Sotelo, Jorge Jáuregui Sesma, Karla I. Velázquez-Victorica, Néstor Santillán-Soto, O. Rafael García-Cueto, Víctor Alcántara Concepción, Camilo Alcántara

Electronic waste is a widespread environmental problem. From all waste streams, e-waste is registering one of the largest growing rates (between 3% and 5%). In Mexico, the e-waste recovery system comprises a mix of formal and informal sectors not well known to date. The goal of this article was to analyze electronic waste in Mexico through the active actors in the recovery chain. This article presents the evolution of studies on electronic waste in Mexico. The legal regulations and public policies were analyzed, as were the existing practices of electronic waste handling, and some challenges facing this country for waste flow management. A management model is proposed which highlights components that must be considered in the model and the opportunities and challenges to transition from an unbundled handling, which still has practices that lack environmental and technical support, to sustainable management.

2017

Legislation, WEEE management, finance system, plan, recovery

10.3390/su9040503

Sustainability

MDPI AG

Environmental sciences, Environmental effects of industries and plants, Renewable energy sources