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Universidad Autónoma de Baja California: Materia
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California: Materia
Materia:
Tecnologa y Sociedad
Alumnos:
Bernal Velarde Jos Salvador [01122652]
Guzmn Moreno Francisco [01116265]
Martnez Zavala Vctor Manuel [01122338]
Exposicin:
Impacto de la tecnologa e ingeniera sobre el ambiente, y normas mexicanas e
internacionales reguladoras.
Docente:
M.C. Marlenne Angulo Bernal
Part l.Introduction
In companies, businesses and homes has begun to generate (and in many cases
to build) a new type of garbage. Who does not have a television at home old, a
computer that does not work, a cell out of service? The list goes on, if we include
old audio equipment and all kinds of electronics obsolete or out of use: fax
machines, monitors, walkman, radios, telephones line, cameras digital, batteries,
PDAs, printers, photocopiers, appliances, and more ...
The generation and accumulation of this new type of garbage awoke first Europe
and worldwide today, a new concern regarding the environmental care. Such
wastes are known by the name of E-scrap, and also by the WEEE (Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment) symbol. In English corresponding acronym is
WEEE (waste electric and electronic equipement for). The theme already it
installed in our country. The trend is to recycle all components and recyclable
materials of this equipment and then find ways to dispose of unusable portions
thereof so that the environmental impact is minimized.
According to research, in Argentina this year will generate approximately 20
thousand tons of waste from computers and cell phones. If they included Also
appliances such as refrigerators and televisions, the figure may reach 70 thousand
tons. We are facing a new type of garbage and the questions arise:
What are the contaminants present in WEEE? What are the parties recyclable?
What is the position of public opinion? What the law says our country? The
following information attempts to answer these questions.
Part IV:
E-waste: Laws and regulations
Since certain components of electronic devices may be considered hazardous due
to heavy metal or other constituents, the end-of-life handling of some electronic
discards is regulated by either federal (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act-RCRA) or State (Health and Safety Code) hazardous waste laws, or both.
Regulations were promulgated to implement the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of
2003, with primary departments being CalRecycle and Department of Toxic
Substance Control (DTSC).
(Current Covered Electric Waste Program Regulations (File Adjoint))