Introduction With the introduction of the EC Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (2002/96/EC), the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC), and Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC), the onus is on retailers and manufacturers to reduce their waste output and better manage their respective log...

Latin America is facing a rapid increase in internet use along with fast growing computer sales. Penetration with electronic equipment is in some countries approaching the level of industrialized countries. There is an evident need to resolve the management of “end-of-life” computers and other electronic equipment. Several studies in Latin America assessed the increasing e-waste quantities and ...

Recycling of ICT and other electronic products is gaining in importance due to both ecological and economic reasons such as the shortage of resources contained in electronic devices. European legislation has handed the responsibility for recycling electronic products to the producers. However, the WEEE directive (waste electrical and electronic equipment) and its national transpositions have be...

Guiyu, a rural village in Guangdong Province, China, is considered to be one of the most polluted places in the world. As a major destination of the world’s electronic waste, or e-waste, Guiyu is a source of worldwide controversy over how to address the growing problem of e-waste disposal. E-waste describes discarded electronic or electric devices—from cell phones and computers to televisions a...

The industrial revolution followed by the advances in information technology during the last century has radically changed people's lifestyle. The increasing economic development has introduced another aspect of pollution in the environment and that is “E-waste”. Electronic waste, abbreviated as e-waste, consists of discarded old computers, TVs, refrigerators, radios-basically any electrical or...

Local users are now the main source of electronic waste in Africa, but illegal imports of old computers, televisions, and other electronics devices from Europe, Asia, and North America still make their way there. That's the finding of Where Are WEEE in Africa?, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report about waste electronic and electrical A large portion of these imports are of ...

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain GZT, a 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TBP)-degrading bacterium previously isolated from an electronic waste-dismantling region. The draft genome sequence is 5.18 Mb and has a G+C content of 35.1%. This is the first genome report of a brominated flame retardant-degrading strain.

Chile will soon have to find solutions for dealing with rapidly growing quantities of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) due to its strong economy and fast increase of internet and communications technology usage. To support this process, the state of the Chilean recycling infrastructure as well as government, industry and consumer efforts to deal with ewaste were analyzed. Curren...

background: production of solid waste is the result of the human’s different activities that today has changed a lot in comparison to the past due to the changing life styles and pervasive expansion. in isfahan province lots of wastes are produced daily. due to the importance of the waste and its recycling, the purpose is determining the production scopes of different wastes in order to find a ...

This paper gives an overview of the current and emerging environmental health risks and the projected challenges for the future. The aim is to create awareness and incite debate among Environmental Health Professionals on solutions for the risks and challenges as they celebrate the “World Environmental Health Day” to be held on 26 September, 2013. The environmental health risks have been classi...