The application of the international resource recycling system (IRRS) to encouragement of electronic waste recycling- the case of Fuji Xerox

In the first part of the paper, the authors briefly review progress of different research initiatives on electronic waste or ldquoe-wasterdquo. In the second part, they discuss trans-boundary system for the 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) management of electronic waste. The authors maintain that there are several important factors that lead to the successful development of a trans-boundary system. The factors are economic, technological, and institutional. Based on the case of Fuji Xerox where a trans-boundary system was built to reuse and recycle used photocopy components, this paper discusses some of the factors and elaborates major drivers and hindrances in the development of the system.