REVIEW PAPER
Current Trend, Future Direction, and Enablers
of e-Waste Management: Bibliometric Analysis
and Literature Review
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Natural Resources and Environmental Management Science Study Program, IPB University, Bogor, 16144, Indonesia
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School of Business, IPB University, Bogor, 16144, Indonesia
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Soil Science and Land Resource Department, IPB University, Bogor, 16144, Indonesia
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Human Resources Development Agency, Jakarta Provincial Government, Jakarta, 10160, Indonesia
Submission date: 2023-02-24
Final revision date: 2023-04-13
Acceptance date: 2023-04-25
Online publication date: 2023-05-18
Publication date: 2023-07-21
Corresponding author
Hari Soesanto
Natural Resources and Environmental Management Science, IPB University, Indonesia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(4):3455-3465
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In the current decade, effective management of electronic waste (e-waste) has emerged as a critical
research area. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the current trend, future directions, and key
enabler factors for e-waste management by conducting bibliometric analysis and literature review.
Using the Scopus database, 441 peer-reviewed papers from 2012 to 2021 were collected for bibliometric
analysis. To visualize the data, research mapping tools such as Biblioshiny and VOSviewer were
employed. In addition to the bibliometric analysis, a literature review was conducted on the top ten
articles to identify enabler factors influencing e-waste management. The analysis showed keywords such
as “e-waste”, “recycling”, “e-waste management”, “sustainability”, “e-waste”, and “circular economy”.
Additionally, some key motor themes of e-waste management field were identified, including “policy”,
“human health”, “developing countries”, “e-waste management”, and “strategies” through thematic
analysis. This research suggests that there are five dimensions of enablers in e-waste management:
policy, economy, social, environmental, and technology. The combination of VOSviewer and Biblioshiny
tools for bibliometric analysis along with a literature review proved to be a powerful and beneficial
approach for scientific mapping and identifying the driving factors of e-waste management.