electronic waste (e-waste) workshop 電子廢物工場

electronic waste (e-waste) workshop
繁:電子廢物工場
简:电子废物工场

內地近年嚴打洋垃圾入口,反之香港卻無相關禁制,有美國環保團體作電子洋垃圾跨國調查,並以追蹤器追尋200件棄置電子產品去向,結果發現當中約兩成半、即55件電子棄置品被出口至香港,團體負責人指,香港已成洋垃圾拆解工場,並推算每日從美國輸港的洋垃圾估計達千噸,香港大有淪為電子廢物垃圾港之勢。

美國電子洋垃圾湧港 環團推算日達千噸 (2016年6月17日)。on.cc東網,取自 http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20160617/bkn-20160617131947296-0617_00822_001.html

In Vietnam, female workers in e-waste workshops had high levels in their breast milk of flame retardants known as PBDEs, used in plastic housings for electronics, according to a 2010 study in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

Smith, M., and Cota, I. (2016, November 14). We Found Your Last Smartphone, Next to Your Old VCR. Bloomberg. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-ewaste-mexico/