Topic > E-Waste - 1005

“In recent years, policymakers around the world have turned their attention to the growing amount of electronic and electrical waste and related environmental threats. The growing consumption of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and the indiscriminate disposal of used products contribute to the problem thanks to designs that ignore durability and support the unlimited use of toxic substances. One proposed method to change this trend is to encourage manufacturers to design for the environment (DFE). In many ways DFE breaks traditional physical barriers to design and requires a full lifecycle view of the product.” (Deathe, MacDonald, and Amos 2008) Nowadays, electronics make up the majority of materials that are sent to landfills around the world. At the same time, it is one of the best-selling products, such as computers, mobile phones, fax machines, radios, personal digital assistants, gadgets and other electronic equipment. These have become one of the most irreplaceable parts of our life in a considerably very short time. All types of electronic equipment are made up of harmful materials that enter the soil and air after being deposited in a landfill. As the industry makes products more efficient, over time everyone buys more, uses more, and then, of course, throws away more electronics, and ultimately this causes the problem to become more significant. In general, the e-waste problem has not been as important as energy efficiency, economic focus, global warming, or other issues to date. The problem of e-waste has become one of the most serious problems in a very short time, because day by day the industry has updated the products as much as possible, which has ultimately affected the amount of e-waste. Like...... half of the paper ......p, but only a few of them know how to do it. So, it would be much easier to reduce the amount of e-waste if everyone was made aware of this problem. Works CitedDeathe, A.L.B., E. MacDonald, and W. Amos. 2008. E-waste management programs and promoting design for the environment: Evaluating Canada's contributions. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 17(3): 321-336DiRamio, D. 2008. E-waste: “Whose problem is it?”. Communications News 45(6): 36-36Yang, W. 2008. Regulation of waste electrical and electronic equipment in China. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law 17(3): 337-346Nicholls, M.M. 2007. Introduction to electronic waste. Pollution Engineering, 39(5): 28-30Renckens S. 2008. Yes, we will! Voluntarism in e-waste governance in the United States. Review of European Community and international environmental law 17 (3): 286-299