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Bald, C.P., Forti V., Gray, V., Kuehr, R., Stegmann,P. : The Global E-waste Monitor – 2017, United Nations
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The Global E-waste Monitor 2017
Quantities, Flows, and Resources
Authored by
Bald, C. P., Forti, V., Gray, V., Kuehr, R., Stegmann, P.。