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With the rapid developments in technology and the growing demand for new
products, the production and consumption of more electronic and electrical
equipment's (EEE) has significantly increased around the world.
Process Used
Potential Environmental
Hazard
Computer wires
Breathing Difficulties
Skin Diseases
Nervous Disorder
Coma and even Death
Physical Injuries
and
Chronic aliments such as,
- Asthma
- Skin diseases
- Eye irritation
- Stomach disease
In 2012 the volume of electronic waste in the United States was estimated at
more than 400 million items per year
Environment Programme predicted that by 2020 e-waste from computers will
increase by more than 500 percent from 2007 levels in India, and by 200 400
percent in South Africa and China, and e-waste from discarded cell phones will
be 7 times higher in China and 18 times higher in India
Because of the composition and toxicity of these products, they need to be
properly managed or recycled to prevent toxins from damaging ecosystems.
Components of these electronics, when left to sit in landfills, can degrade and
release toxins, ultimately affecting the environment and human health.
The major sources of known hazards in electronics are in the CRTs, which are
a major source of lead in municipal solid waste streams
Mercury exposure is most dangerous to fetuses and small children, impairing
neurological development and cognitive abilities
Much of the e-waste from the United States and other developed nations ends
up exported to developing countries that often have less-stringent
environmental, health, and safety laws and enforcement mechanisms
In most of these cases, excluding California and Utah, the rules utilize
the producer responsibility approach, where the manufacturers
must pay for recycling, removing the cost burden from households or
entities with the e-waste (polluter pays principle)
Successful state regulations could serve as models for other states or
for national regulation. For example, California considers televisions
and computer monitors to be hazardous waste and bans them from
landfills.
. Beginning in 2015, New
Yorkers will be banned from
discarding their computers,
televisions, and other selected
electronic equipment with household
trash.
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From the beginning of the industrial age until the 1980s, waste
was considered to be part of the cost of production: You cant
make an omelet without breaking some eggs.
In the case of disposal of e-waste, the difficulty is that smallquantity generators of hazardous waste and household waste
are both exempt from U.S. federal regulations.
in the case of pollution prevention, a system of incentives could
be put in place to encourage manufacturers to take back old
products and remanufacture or recycle them. For example a $10
deposit could be charged on a cell phone, and then refunded to
the consumer when the phone is returned to the store.
Guiyu in the Shantou region of China is a huge electronic waste
processing area It is often referred to as the ewaste capital of
the world