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Disposal of E-Waste: Government Agencies’ Perspective

The widespread consumptions of electronic products over the years has resulted in the rapid generation of growing range of e-waste, or electronic waste. The inappropriate treatment of e-waste can cause serious unfavourable impacts to human and environmental sustainability due to the hazardous subst...

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Main Authors:	Suziyana, Mat Dahan, Wan Adibah Hasyimah, Wan Omar, Mohd Yusof, Taib
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	AIP Publishing 2024
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31993/1/Disposal%20of%20E-Waste%20-%20Government%20Agencies%27%20Perspective.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31993/ https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188299
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spelling	my.ump.umpir.319932024-01-16T01:39:57Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31993/ Disposal of E-Waste: Government Agencies’ Perspective Suziyana, Mat Dahan Wan Adibah Hasyimah, Wan Omar Mohd Yusof, Taib H Social Sciences (General) HD28 Management. Industrial Management The widespread consumptions of electronic products over the years has resulted in the rapid generation of growing range of e-waste, or electronic waste. The inappropriate treatment of e-waste can cause serious unfavourable impacts to human and environmental sustainability due to the hazardous substances within the e-waste. The focus of this study is on somewhat under-emphasised group of electronic goods users that contribute significantly to e-waste: government agencies. Even though they create a high rate of e-waste, the disposal methods of e-waste that they deploy are not well understood. Hence, this study is to provide such an understanding. This study draws quantitative data from 112 agencies in Terengganu, Malaysia, obtained by means of a questionnaire-based survey. The findings revealed that most agencies are either store their end-of-life electronic items at their office or discard their e-waste together with other general office wastes. This study suggests that more extensive of similar descriptive research remains to be performed, covering government agencies in all states of Malaysia to draw a more significant conclusion of the adopted approaches in managing their e-waste. AIP Publishing 2024-01 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/31993/1/Disposal%20of%20E-Waste%20-%20Government%20Agencies%27%20Perspective.pdf Suziyana, Mat Dahan and Wan Adibah Hasyimah, Wan Omar and Mohd Yusof, Taib (2024) Disposal of E-Waste: Government Agencies’ Perspective. In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 4th Symposium on Industrial Science and Technology (SISTEC2022) , 23–24 November 2022 , Pahang, Malaysia. , 3023 (1). ISBN 978-0-7354-4800-1 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188299
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) HD28 Management. Industrial Management Suziyana, Mat Dahan Wan Adibah Hasyimah, Wan Omar Mohd Yusof, Taib Disposal of E-Waste: Government Agencies’ Perspective
description	The widespread consumptions of electronic products over the years has resulted in the rapid generation of growing range of e-waste, or electronic waste. The inappropriate treatment of e-waste can cause serious unfavourable impacts to human and environmental sustainability due to the hazardous substances within the e-waste. The focus of this study is on somewhat under-emphasised group of electronic goods users that contribute significantly to e-waste: government agencies. Even though they create a high rate of e-waste, the disposal methods of e-waste that they deploy are not well understood. Hence, this study is to provide such an understanding. This study draws quantitative data from 112 agencies in Terengganu, Malaysia, obtained by means of a questionnaire-based survey. The findings revealed that most agencies are either store their end-of-life electronic items at their office or discard their e-waste together with other general office wastes. This study suggests that more extensive of similar descriptive research remains to be performed, covering government agencies in all states of Malaysia to draw a more significant conclusion of the adopted approaches in managing their e-waste.
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author	Suziyana, Mat Dahan Wan Adibah Hasyimah, Wan Omar Mohd Yusof, Taib
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title	Disposal of E-Waste: Government Agencies’ Perspective
title_short	Disposal of E-Waste: Government Agencies’ Perspective
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publisher	AIP Publishing
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