E-Waste Management and Practices at Zimbabwe’s Higher Education Institutions
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چکیده
Developing countries have embraced ICTs to participate in the knowledge economy, achieving double-digit annual growth usage. Obsolete become e-waste, and developing do not specific policies. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) significantly contribute e-waste burden. E-waste contains hazardous substances which threaten environment human health while containing rare earth minerals worth billions. Seventeen HEIs participated study. Results show that all institutions kept obsolete for up-to 36-months, half disposed of as garbage, a tenth took recycling. The study recommends adoption sustainable practices such as, reduce, recycle reuse.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of higher education theory and practice
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2158-3595']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v21i1.4046