Live in Shijiazhuang city Yuhua District Xijing Kitamura Mr Gaudel has recently updated its own computer, old computer taking up space in your house, sell small rag picker. "It is also several thousand dollars bought things, and now only sell 50 dollars. Don't sell it, processing method and no other better." Gaudel says to the reporter.
As with high Jerry, now many people down out of the computer, TV, refrigerators and other household appliances, threw reluctant, had no choice but to sell to dispose of street vendors.
It is understood, our province every year to produce 200000 tons of electronic waste. Reporters recently in the survey found that, because the electronic waste recycling dismantling the market is not standardized, a large number of electronic waste incineration by the break, after simple treatment, recovering the precious metals, while a large number of toxic and harmful substances are dispersed into the soil, atmosphere and groundwater, hidden danger of pollution is increasing day by day.
Electronic waste quantity is increasing year by year
Walk the streets in Shijiazhuang, can often be found recycling vendors in front hanging sign or direct shouting: "recycling old refrigerators, old color TV, washing machine, water heater......"
In friendship Street near the wholesale market of books, not to a station within a distance of several held "high recovery of waste mobile phone, toner cartridges, ink cartridges" billboard; see in Shijiazhuang City Taihe electronic city reporter, business cabinet rows of second-hand sales of electronic products, the accumulation of various types of waste computer. A business cabinet Master said: "recycling of waste electronic products profits, not to sell new products much lower than."
In recent years, the recovery of waste electrical and electronic products, has become an industry. Provincial Environmental Protection Department experts say, our province electronic waste can be roughly divided into two categories: one category is contained materials harmful to the environment is relatively simple, relatively light, such as the refrigerator, washing machine, air conditioner and so on; another kind is contained material is more complex, relatively large harm to the environment, such as computer TV, etc.. Computer components contain arsenic, mercury and other harmful substances; mobile phone original materials containing arsenic, cadmium, lead and other non biodegradable toxic substances. A computer contains more than 700 kinds of chemical materials, half of which are harmful to humans; a button battery leakage, can pollute 600000 liters of water, drinking amount equivalent to 1 personal life.
Simple processing electronic waste pollution of the environment
Journalists in the survey found, at present the treatment of electronic waste mainly in four ways, one is the landfill, toxic chemical substances from electrical and electronic waste will seep into the soil or release to the atmosphere. Two is the incineration, electronic products is high temperature incineration, will release a large amount of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury in air and ashes. The three is recycled, a lot of e-waste is used for a period of time and then discarded cause new pollution. The four is recycled, less contamination to the environment, but can cause health risks for the workers end up. |
