Supporting Information for

Global responses for recycling waste CRTs in e-waste

Narendra Singh, Jinhui Li*, Xianlai Zeng

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment,

Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

*Corresponding author. Tel: +86 10 6279-4143; Fax: +86 10 6277-2048; E-mail:

jinhui@tsinghua.edu.cn (J. Li)

Content

Table S3. Legislation system and framework of e-waste management in Industrial countries and regions

(A) EU and typical countries. (1)i

Note: RoHS directive: Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive; ErP directive: Directive on Energy-related Products; REACH directive: Directive on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical Substances; WEEE directive: Directive on Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment.

RoHS directives

WEEE directiveErP directive REACH

directive

GermanySwitzerland Belgium Netherlands ....

(B) Japan.ii

(C) U.S. (1,2) iii

i

http://ewasteguide.info/files/Kummer_2007_Legislation.pdf

ii http://hrd.apec.org/images/8/81/65.16.pdf

iii http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/materials/ecycling/rules.htm

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Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law

Law for Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources

The Basic Environment Law

Household Appliance Recycling Law

The basic law for Establishing the Recycling-based Society

Small Appliance Recycling Law

Federal Regulatory Requirements for Recycling of CRTs

Federal Regulatory Requirements for

Circuit Boards within United

States

United States Environment Law

Federal Regulatory Requirements for

Disposal CRTs and Other Electronics

that Test Hazardous

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Federal Regulatory

Requirements for Disposal that test

Hazardous

management in China based on a legislation comparison between China and the EU. J Clean Prod 51, 80-87.

2. Kahhat, R., Kim, J., Xu, M., Allenby, B., Williams, E., Zhang, P., 2008. Exploring e-waste management systems in the United States. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 52, 955-964.

3. USEPA Electronics Waste Management in the United States Through 2009. http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/docs/fullbaselinereport2011.pdf (EPA 530-R-11-002),