Electronic Waste Disposal in Saudi Arabia
- Ahmed Aleissa
- Salem Alturky
- Abdullah Hamam
- Rahsed Almujaljil
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Abstract: Electronic waste disposal becomes very important in implementing circular economy in many countries, such Saudi Arabia. The rapid change of technologies has shortened the life-cycle of many electronics which lead to having huge amount of electronic waste that need to be disposed in a safe way, have a process of electronics recycling, or refurbish them to be used somewhere else. Saudi Arabia as a grown market have invested in circular economy through establishing many companies specialized in recycling of electronic waste and other materials. In this paper, the electronic waste disposal effort and challenges of different Saudi organizations, such as government sectors, non-profit organizations, and profit organizations will be disc...
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