The first day of the establishment of electronic waste is increasingly sharp electronic waste

In Zhongguancun, the country's largest distribution center for electronic products today, the government of Haidian District and Zhongguancun, and many other organizations jointly announced the September 7th "e-green day in Zhongguancun computer festival". This is the first theme of the theme of environmental protection.

Beijing, Haidian District, deputy head of the government, said: Zhongguancun as the country's largest high-tech industrial park, the annual sales of a large number of electronic products to the country". At the same time, Zhongguancun as China's education and science and technology of the most concentrated place is responsible for the development of recycling economy, building a conservation oriented society to make an example.

Deputy governor, said: Zhongguancun this year will promote the development and development of electronic waste treatment technology as an important support". He stressed: e-waste processing must be involved in the enterprise, to take the market approach."

Industry experts believe that the recycling of electronic waste is a systems engineering, the need for environmental protection, industrial hygiene and safety, industry and commerce, producers, recyclers, consumer participation. At present, China's e-waste recycling has just started, is still a long way to go.

The significance of electronic environmental protection

According to data provided by the Organizing Committee: a computer contains more than 700 kinds of chemical materials. Half of them are harmful to people. A button battery leak, you can pollute 600 thousand liters of water, basically equivalent to a person's lifetime reference. At present, China's annual production of 1 billion 400 million batteries. Recovery of 1%. At present, electronic waste has become the fastest growing solid waste in china.

Foreign studies have shown that e-waste contains a large number of available polyester, plastic, glass, rare precious metals and other resources. 1 tons of electronic cards can be collected in the separation of 286 pounds of copper, 1 pounds of gold, 44 pounds of tin.

The origin and current situation of electronic waste in China

According to the National Bureau of statistics, China's e-waste sources are divided into domestic and foreign sources. At present, there are at least 5 million sets of TV sets in our country every year, and 400 million refrigerators and 600 million washing machines need to be scrapped. With the continuous upgrading of computers, each year there will be millions of computers need to be eliminated.

Electronic waste disposal method in developed countries

France

In 2005 launched a national e-waste recycling methods. According to the principle of equal rights and obligations of those who produce, who sell, who use, who will bear the relevant environmental costs.

U.S.A

As early as the beginning of twentieth Century in early 90s on the disposal of waste household appliances to develop a mandatory regulations. The government also interferes with the purchasing behavior of governments at all levels to ensure that the products with recycled ingredients occupy a priority in government procurement.

Germany

The guiding ideology of recycling old electrical appliances is to reduce pollution and save energy. Germany is responsible for recycling the old electrical institutions are municipal enterprises. Through a variety of ways for the public to facilitate the recycling of waste electrical appliances.

Japan

Formulated the "household appliances recycling law", and in April 1, 2001 began to implement. According to this law, household appliance manufacturing enterprises must bear the responsibility of recycling and utilization of discarded household appliances. Appliance distributors have the obligation to recycle the discarded household electrical appliances and send them to the production enterprises. Consumers also have the responsibility to deal with household appliances, re-use.

Sina science and technology from the relevant government agencies was informed: China's first waste electrical and electronic products recycling management regulations has entered the review stage, this year is expected to formally adopted and enforced.