Abstract
Electronic products are being updated and replaced much faster and there is therefore an increasing growth in electronic waste (e-waste). In order to promote professional recycling of e-waste, the relevant government departments of China have published a series of policies. This paper aims to unearth the evolution tendency of the networked policies towards holistic governance of China’s e-waste recycling. Content analysis, quantitative text analysis and network analysis are applied to analyze relevant policy documents from 2001 to 2016. This paper illustrates evolution of policy themes, evolution of intergovernmental relationships, and evolution of policy relations. This study reveals policy intentions, maps policy progress, and unearths governance philosophy, providing an overall understanding of the policy ways by which the Chinese government has deployed its guiding strategies on professional recycling of e-waste. This paper illustrates how to approach holistic governance from perspective of networked policies, contributing to answering the central question of holistic governance about how to achieve it.
Highlights
With the rapid development of technology and the popularity of electronic appliances and digital products, the lifecycle time for electronic products has become shorter and shorter, leading to emergence of an immense electronic waste (e-waste) problem
Adopting sustainable management measures for effective use of e-waste resources plays vital role in reducing the adverse effect of e-waste on the environment and health [2]. Many developed regions such as European Union (EU) and Japan have published relevant laws and policies regarding recycling of e-wastes through motivating producers to design more environmentally-friendly products, which contribute to reducing landfill and reducing the impact on the environment [3]
Mulliner et al argued that e-waste recycling can effectively reduce cost, landfill land and the impact on the environment [4]
Summary
With the rapid development of technology and the popularity of electronic appliances and digital products, the lifecycle time for electronic products has become shorter and shorter, leading to emergence of an immense electronic waste (e-waste) problem. E-waste contains an enormous amount of recyclable resources. Adopting sustainable management measures for effective use of e-waste resources plays vital role in reducing the adverse effect of e-waste on the environment and health [2]. Many developed regions such as European Union (EU) and Japan have published relevant laws and policies regarding recycling of e-wastes through motivating producers to design more environmentally-friendly products, which contribute to reducing landfill and reducing the impact on the environment [3]. Mulliner et al argued that e-waste recycling can effectively reduce cost, landfill land and the impact on the environment [4].
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