Analysis of the Efficiency of Various Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment’s Collection Routes: A Case Study Focusing on Collection Route for Waste Mobile Phones in the Tohoku Area of Japan

Each year, more than 5 million Waste Mobile Phones (WMP) is generated in Japan. Since WMPs contain many rare metals and precious metals, it essential to collect recycle high-value metal resources from them effectively. Although multiple stakeholders have already developed WMP collection routes, these routes’ current status unclear. Furthermore, some routes can only a small number of WMP, so, their resource efficiency low. This research aims clarify each route’s characteristics evaluate by conducting interview on related the dismantle experiment. The result shows that local government, authorized recyclers, telecom carriers are major collecting To improve rate cities with high population densities, using government’s route installing an recycler’s station considered be effective. In low stations built recyclers sufficient. also recycling behavior offering points. encouraged participate business, but they should figure out way monitor flow secondhand phones exported prompt proper phones.