Toxic transitions in the lifecycle externalities of a digital society: The complex afterlives of electronic waste in Ghana
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.101459
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Informal recycling; Informal economy; Waste electrical and electronic equipment; Digital society; Electronic waste; Digital divide;All these keywords.
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