Stakeholder Analysis of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Internet Recycling Industry

Tingting Liu, Qian Zhang, Zichen Zheng, Shangyun Wu and Zhixiong Weng ()
Additional contact information
Tingting Liu: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Qian Zhang: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Zichen Zheng: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Shangyun Wu: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Zhixiong Weng: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-13

Abstract: With the acceleration of the digitization process and the popularization of the internet, the recycling of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become a potential and emerging recycling method. Stakeholders in the WEEE internet recycling industry have different roles which need to be clarified. The stakeholder structure and relationships, and stakeholder characteristics, lie at the core of recycling system governance. Therefore, it is necessary to identify stakeholders in the existing WEEE Internet recycling industry. This study selected 10 important stakeholders and classified them into key, potential, and marginal stakeholders using the Mitchell scale while analyzing their characteristics and interactions. The results showed that internet recycling companies, government, residents, and traditional recyclers are key stakeholders that are important for promoting the development of the industry. Based on the above analysis, policy advice is proposed to provide directions for the improvement of the WEEE industry.

Keywords: waste electrical and electronic equipment; internet recycling; stakeholder analysis; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/16/10003/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/16/10003/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:16:p:10003-:d:887556

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().