The problem of waste is huge all around the world. The way it is solved has repercussion on environement and economy.
Now some laws, especially in Europe, organize the field of treatement of waste and particularly the electronic waste.
This law purposes the one for one. It means that the seller has to recycle one electronic good if he sells one.
In 2011, french produce 16kg of electronic waste per year/personn. Most of these goods are recycle in France but some are exported illegaly to Africa, India or China.
I think it's really unfair that the richest countries, more than taking the ressources of poorest countries, distroy the environement of the poorest countries where waste are exported. There is always the argument of "It's make them more rich, because we finance them to treat this waste." But who will finance the clean of polluted area?
The system is really strange because big firms try to export their electronics wastes as donation. Infact few of the materials are able to work again and they are dumbed in waste reception centre. With the face of the kind country, the rich offer a poisoned give.
It 's really a shame, especially as this problem could be solved by transfers of technologies.
More over the African continent will produce many eletronics wastes (more than the european union) because of the explosion of new means of communication, like cell phones or personnal computer. This problem will increase and will be surely a source of violence.
