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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile
The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.
The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.
SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.
"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."
"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.
This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.
As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.
It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.
Right to repair: obsolescence, regulation and its impact on e-waste
Authors
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Juan Emmanuel Delva Benavides
Universidad de Guadalajara
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2859-378X
Abstract
This article will explain how planned and perceived obsolescence generates technological waste, better known as e-waste, which largely contributes to climate change. Likewise, it will be studied how the right to repair technology can contribute to the reduction and reuse of technology, significantly reducing e-waste. Evidence will also be shown of how the right to compensation is becoming an alternative to fight the consequences that emanate from e-waste. The efforts of companies and governments that seek to combat these effects are addressed, such as the reconditioned technology that derives from recycling centers, which also turn out to be a lucrative business. Arguments against the right to repair, such as intellectual property, difficulty of repair, and user safety, will also be explained. In this sense, the legal frameworks of the European Community and the United States of America are explored, which are contrasted with those of Mexico and Latin American countries. In this way, it is concluded that, although we are facing an unfavorable scenario, current efforts point in
the right direction.
Keywords:
E-waste, right to repair, obsolescence, product life cycleReferences
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