E-waste

• What happens to the electronic waste produced by the United States?
   
  The e-waste that is produced by the United States is sent to Asia, specially to China. Also, there is a big part of it that is not recycled anywhere, because the technics used in this process are too primitive.
   
• What happens to e-waste after it arrives in developing countries?
   
  They are "recycled" in a non-understandable primitive way, in which the main issue is to obtain the "worthy metals" this e-products have. For doing this, they burn the e-waste, without any protection equipment, so people in contact with those recyclings are constantly exposed to toxic elements that can destroy their lives.
  
  
• Why does so much e-waste get shipped to Asia?
   
  Because, for example, in China there is a settled market, in which many people sell the worthy metals that are took off of the e-waste. But many times, this import of e-waste is or can be called as ilegal because some of the places even don't have the infrastructure to prevent the import of this e-waste, so they canno't stop it to enter to the country.
• What are the negative effects of dumping e-waste?
   
  It pollutes the air, the water systems, the beauty of the nature, and also it can destroy the fauna, so it's a vital thing to us to get a solution for this problem.
• How do the toxins in e-waste return to the United States?
   
  The most complicated return of this toxins is the one that happens (or return) in some of the children jewellery, because the same plastics that are burned in Asia or India being e-waste, are used for this toys, which are actually toxic and can destroy the young life of our children.
   
• What can concerned citizens do about e-waste?
   
  First, citizens can ask for the license of the products which ensure the legal, and "healthy" origin of them.
  
  
  Also, it would be good to have lectures or talks to massify the use of products that protect the environment.