Countermeasures to cope with waste electrical and electronic equipment in Guangxi

Abstract

The rapid economic development has promoted the demand for electronic products and consumption, which caused the rapid expansion of the waste electrical and electronic equipment. These made a tremendous impact on the recycle economy development and the environment protection in Guangxi. By means of field research and statistical data analysis methods, analysis of e-waste recycling situation, summed up the electronic waste recycling to the existence of major obstacle in Guangxi: the total distribution of electronic waste is not certain, the E-waste market is complicated, the non-governmental workshops adopt the simple technology to dispose e-waste in Guangxi and so on. To cope with these problems, summarizing the electronic waste recycling practices and experience in developed countries as well as in Taiwan, and some countermeasures and suggestions for e-waste recycling have been highlighted in Guangxi.