Open AccessEPR Approach for Better Waste Management System for Mobile Phone Design in Indonesia
Author(s) -
A B Junianto,
D C Sugandha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/847/1/012065
Subject(s) - mobile phone , extended producer responsibility , reuse , environmental economics , product (mathematics) , phone , product design , business , waste management , engineering , telecommunications , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , economics
The influence of toxic electronic waste or electronic goods will occur if it is disposed of carelessly or managed in the wrong way. Open dumping and crude waste handling in landfill sites in Indonesia creating even more miserable situation (Damanhuri, 2010). Mobile phone or cell phone is considered as one of the fastest growing device in global society. More than 60% of global population have mobile phone, end even an individual may have more than one device. EPR could be taken as strategy in order to find better e-waste management of renewable and non-renewable resources specifically for Indonesia situation. EPR related action of WEEE in Indonesia is still uncertain especially for mobile phone product. It is observed that many used mobile phones are still disposed improperly by unauthorized party and may danger the people and environment. This study will observe how the mobile phone waste is handled by unorganized organization, how EPR is taken into account in mobile phone waste management system and what kind of solution that is based on EPR that could enhance environmentally save property of mobile phone design in the future, especially for Indonesia situation. It is important by considering Indonesian situation; the producers need to employ new design strategy not merely in order to meet regulation compliances but should extend the responsibility for better waste management friendly product design that is more suitable with Indonesia situation with minimum waste management infrastructure by involving End-of-Life Design Solution; better collection, separation, recyclability, reuse and ease of manufacture