Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard - Full Report

Greenpeace has commissioned the report, Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard to investigate the global sales of electrical and electronic products and assess the amount of waste arising from this.

The UN estimated that some 20 to 50m tonnes of e-waste are generated worldwide each year, comprising more than 5% of all municipal solid waste. The fate of large quantities of this so-called e-waste is unknown. This "hidden-flow" is the e-waste that escapes responsible collection, reuse and recycling systems and as such is unaccounted for.

While some might be found stored in attics or garages or disposed of with mixed waste in landfills and incinerators, thousands more electrical and electronic products that have reached the end of their lives are exported, often illegally, for dumping in Africa or for rudimentary recovery by Asian informal recyclers. There, workers at scrap yards - some of whom are children - are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals when the products are broken apart, and as water, air and soil are polluted.

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ผู้แต่ง	Madeleine Cobbing, Environmental Consultant
วันที่ตีพิมพ์	February 22, 2008
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