The largest landfill in the world of that type is found in China, specifically in the city of Guiyu, information that the Chinese government itself has confirmed. It is estimated that 150,000 people in the city work to treat garbage that comes mainly from EU., Canada, Japan and South Korea. These sources generating technological tons of trash choose to put all their junk in third world countries.
Today, there is more talk of another giant waste pour point located in Ghana, Africa, To date we know of the existence of large landfills where countries dump electronic trash.
Possible Solutions
A Commercial Junk Removal scheme should be developed as responsible management of electronic waste. Donate or sell electronic equipment that still work. Donate broken or old equipment to organizations that repaired and reused for social purposes.
Recycle those components that can not be repaired. There are companies that collect and recycle these devices at no cost to the owners of the old equipment. Promote reduction of hazardous substances used in certain electronic products sold in each country.
Extended Producer Responsibility in which after use by consumers the producer gets the product, this encourages them to improve the designs that are easier to recycle and reutilize as part of Commercial Junk Removal. In some countries you think about all the life cycle of a product. The fine folks that do not behave responsibly after consuming. Even some products have a fee to resolve the final exposure of these materials.
Consumer electronics is a branch of industry that manufactures electronic devices for entertainment, communication and office work. Its products are radios, televisions, digital cameras and camcorders, audio and video players, personal computers, game consoles, and mobile phones and satellite navigation systems.
The CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) has estimated that in 2007, in the U.S. alone, the sector has sold material worth $150 billion. What’s new in consumer electronics are presented each year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Headquarters, manufacturing plants and research centers in the sector are found mainly in East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan).
There is significant downward trend in prices, what this implies is that gains in production efficiency and automation, as well as improvements in semiconductor manufacturing. The semiconductor components benefit from Moore’s Law, a principle that, at a given price, the processor doubles its efficiency every 18 months.
Consumer electronics is pursuing convergence projects: for example, a DVD player and a Free-View Box together become a “media center”, which combines elements of other artifacts in the industry. The consumer expresses a number of decisions in the purchase of such products, and usually focuses on style and price rather than on functionality. The convergence of technologies allows the consumer to make a single choice.
