Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electrical or electronic devices. Environmental groups claim that the informal processing of electronic waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems. Some electronic scrap components, such as CRTs, contain contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury, and brominated flame retardants. Activists claim that even in developed countries recycling and disposal of e-waste may involve significant risk to workers and communities and great care must be taken to avoid unsafe exposure in recycling operations and leaching of material such as heavy metals from landfills and incinerator ashes. Scrap industry and USA EPA officials agree that materials should be managed with caution, but that environmental dangers of unused electronics have been exaggerated by groups which benefit from increased regulation.
El término e-waste es una abreviación de electronic waste, lo que es equivalente a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) y en español, Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos (RAEE). Otros términos conocidos son: e-scrap, e-trash, residuos electrónicos, residuo-e, o simplemente chatarra electrónica.
La
palabra e-waste se refiere a aparatos dañados, descartados u obsoletos
que consumen electricidad. Incluye una amplia gama de aparatos como
computadores, equipos electrónicos de consumo, celulares y
electrodomésticos que ya no son utilizados por sus usuarios.
Electronic Recycling Brochure (pdf)
Leer sobre los grandes problemas del e-wate:
http://www.pilos.com.co/ecopilos/que-es-e-waste-raee-residuos-electronicos/
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/portada/India/imperio/basura/electronica/elpepisupcib/20100121elpcibpor_1/Teshttp://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/economia
Read about the big problems of e-waste:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_43/b4105000160974.htm
http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/LivingGreener/e-waste.html
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/toxics/hi-tech-highly-toxic/e-waste
