An Agenda to Move Forward E-waste Recycling and Challenges in China

E-waste problem is a worldwide conundrum. China, as an important production, consumption and export country of electrical and electronic equipments face great pressure on e-waste recycling. This paper introduced the current situations of e-waste and reviewed various technologies and different scale facilities of e-waste recycling existed in China. The challenges for government, original equipment manufacturers and recyclers were analyzed based on the situations of China and the global. At last corresponding countermeasures which have been and will be implemented are presented to promote environmentally sound management of e-waste recycling of China