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E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management

Electronic waste (e-waste) management is not new in Malaysia. It is always related to the recycle, reuse and reduce of e-waste and these may be the only approaches of managing e-waste today. Basically, there is no perfect solution in e-waste management. Recycle and reuse only temporary transfer the...

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Main Authors:	Chen L.F., Yee H.W.
Other Authors:	55268591500
Format:	Conference paper
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Disposal E-waste Education Management Recycle Reduce Reuse Electronic equipment Information technology Recycling Students Toxic materials Wastes Cost effective e-Waste Electronic waste (e waste) Green IT Malaysia Waste disposal
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spelling	my.uniten.dspace-303522023-12-29T15:46:59Z E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management Chen L.F. Yee H.W. 55268591500 55266995900 Disposal E-waste Education Management Recycle Reduce Reuse Education Electronic equipment Information technology Management Recycling Students Toxic materials Wastes Cost effective e-Waste Electronic waste (e waste) Green IT Malaysia Recycle Reduce Reuse Waste disposal Electronic waste (e-waste) management is not new in Malaysia. It is always related to the recycle, reuse and reduce of e-waste and these may be the only approaches of managing e-waste today. Basically, there is no perfect solution in e-waste management. Recycle and reuse only temporary transfer the e-waste to other places and after sometimes, the e-waste still landed on the landfill. Reducing the use of toxic materials is a better way of managing e-waste, but for time being, it is difficult and not cost effective to replace and reduce all these materials. This paper carry out a survey onto the students from the College of Information Technology (COIT), UNITEN in order to identify whether the students are aware of the essentiality of e-waste management. Based on the study results, it shows that COIT students are not ready for e-waste management and the factor of not offering of Green IT or e-waste management subject is having the main factors of the unawareness of e-waste management. � 2011 IEEE. Final 2023-12-29T07:46:59Z 2023-12-29T07:46:59Z 2011 Conference paper 10.1109/ICIMU.2011.6122729 2-s2.0-84863057530 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84863057530&doi=10.1109%2fICIMU.2011.6122729&partnerID=40&md5=171d38a70cdc3e6207d1a1c7d43c614c https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/30352 6122729 Scopus
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topic	Disposal E-waste Education Management Recycle Reduce Reuse Education Electronic equipment Information technology Management Recycling Students Toxic materials Wastes Cost effective e-Waste Electronic waste (e waste) Green IT Malaysia Recycle Reduce Reuse Waste disposal
spellingShingle	Disposal E-waste Education Management Recycle Reduce Reuse Education Electronic equipment Information technology Management Recycling Students Toxic materials Wastes Cost effective e-Waste Electronic waste (e waste) Green IT Malaysia Recycle Reduce Reuse Waste disposal Chen L.F. Yee H.W. E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management
description	Electronic waste (e-waste) management is not new in Malaysia. It is always related to the recycle, reuse and reduce of e-waste and these may be the only approaches of managing e-waste today. Basically, there is no perfect solution in e-waste management. Recycle and reuse only temporary transfer the e-waste to other places and after sometimes, the e-waste still landed on the landfill. Reducing the use of toxic materials is a better way of managing e-waste, but for time being, it is difficult and not cost effective to replace and reduce all these materials. This paper carry out a survey onto the students from the College of Information Technology (COIT), UNITEN in order to identify whether the students are aware of the essentiality of e-waste management. Based on the study results, it shows that COIT students are not ready for e-waste management and the factor of not offering of Green IT or e-waste management subject is having the main factors of the unawareness of e-waste management. � 2011 IEEE.
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title	E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management
title_short	E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management
title_full	E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management
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E-waste management: Are we ready for it? A study on the awareness of COIT students toward e-waste management

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