E-waste: an assessment of global production and environmental impacts.

By B. Robinson. Science of the Total Environment, 2009

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Electronic waste as a secondary source of critical metals: Management and recovery technologies (2017, background): “In developed countries, WEEE makes up to 8% of the municipal waste by weight (Robinson, 2009), with an increasing relative fraction.”
Electronic waste management approaches: an overview. (2013, background): “Management of e-waste by recycling and by disposal to landfills has been shown to pose significant risks to the environment (Puckett and Smith, 2002; Robinson, 2009; Wong et al., 2007a).”
Assessing the intention-behavior gap in electronic waste recycling: the case of Brazil (2017, background): “The scientific community and many NGOs are also paying increasingly attention to the issue (Robinson, 2009).”
Recent advances on hydrometallurgical recovery of critical and precious elements from end of life electronic wastes - a review (2019, background): “) but also contains significant concentrations of base, critical and precious metals as well as rare earth elements (Robinson, 2009; Işıldar, van de Vossenberg, Rene, van Hullebusch, & Lens, 2017).”
Sustainability governance of chains and networks: a review and future outlook (2015, background): “Indeed a growing number of studies are following consumer goods flowing between Asia and Africa, documenting SoutheSouth sustainability issues related to second hand clothes (Brooks, 2013), cars (Brooks, 2012), and e-waste (Robinson, 2009).”