Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Publication Year:
2012
Publication Place
Geneva
Physical Description:
72 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
38843
Legacy PEIN ID:
78863
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Electronic waste - Impact
E-waste - Impact
Environmental problems
Pollution
E-waste management
Environmental protection
Abstract
Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is currently the largest growing waste stream. It is hazardous, complex and expensive to treat in an environmentally sound manner, and there is a general lack of legislation or enforcement surrounding it. Today, most e-waste is being discarded in the general waste stream. Of the e-waste in developed countries that is sent for recycling, 80 per cent ends up being shipped (often illegally) to developing countries such as China, India, Ghana and Nigeria for recycling. Within the informal economy of such countries, it is recycled for its many valuable materials by recyclers using rudimentary techniques. Such globalization of e-waste has adverse environmental and health implications. Furthermore, developing countries are shouldering a disproportionate burden of a global problem without having the technology to deal with it. In addition, developing countries themselves are increasingly generating significant quantities of e-waste.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Publication Year:
2012
Publication Place
Geneva
Physical Description:
72 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
38843
Legacy PEIN ID:
78863
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 20-Feb-2013
Record Modified: 27-Jul-2021