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An Examination of the Environmental Impact of Electronic Waste Disposal

机译：电子废物处理对环境的影响研究

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People rely on many hi-tech gadgets in their daily communications, work, and entertainment. Americans dispose of over two million tons of electronic products every year. This electronic waste (E-waste) comprises computers, monitors, printers, televisions, cell phones, cameras, video game consoles, VCR and DVD players, fax and copy machines, and batteries of rechargeable devices. It has become one of the fastest growing sectors of solid waste stream. Proper management of the products that constitute E-waste is of concern in part because of their volume, but more importantly because they contain large amounts of heavy metals and other toxic substances, such as mercury and cadmium. If released into the environment, these metals can cause irreparable harm to air and water quality. Many governments at the state and local levels have formulated regulations to mitigate the problem of E-waste, and many others are following suit. Unlike the European Union that passed legislations to regulate the disposal of E-waste, the United States still lacks a unified policy to address the problem on a national scale. While retailers and manufacturers have created voluntary E-waste recycling programs (e-cycle), they are too small in scope to make much of a dent in the E-waste stream. Ignoring such a problem does not make it go away and may in fact place American manufactures and retailers at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace. This paper will illustrate the harmful environmental effect of E-waste, efforts being made to remedy the problem through feasible policies and regulations, and the scope of meaningful cooperation between manufacturers, governments, retailers, and consumers in order to address the E-waste problem in a comprehensive fashion. The paper also attempts to raise awareness of venues that various agencies (such as the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA) currently implement to encourage electronic waste recycling or E-cycling.
机译：人们在日常交流，工作和娱乐中都依赖许多高科技产品。美国人每年处理超过200万吨的电子产品。这种电子废物（电子废物）包括计算机，显示器，打印机，电视，手机，照相机，视频游戏机，VCR和DVD播放器，传真和复印机以及可充电设备电池。它已成为固体废物流增长最快的部门之一。构成电子废物的产品的正确管理之所以受到关注，部分原因在于它们的体积，更重要的是因为它们包含大量的重金属和其他有毒物质，例如汞和镉。如果将这些金属释放到环境中，会对空气和水质造成不可挽回的伤害。许多州和地方政府制定了减轻电子废物问题的法规，许多其他国家也纷纷效仿。与欧盟通过立法来规范电子废物处置的欧盟不同，美国仍然缺乏统一的政策来在全国范围内解决该问题。尽管零售商和制造商创建了自愿的电子废物回收计划（e-cycle），但是它们的范围太小，无法在电子废物流中产生很大的影响。忽略这样的问题并不能消除它，实际上可能会使美国制造商和零售商在市场上处于竞争劣势。本文将说明电子废物的有害环境影响，通过可行的政策和法规来解决该问题的努力以及制造商，政府，零售商和消费者之间为解决电子废物问题而进行的有意义合作的范围。以全面的方式。本文还试图提高人们对各种机构（例如环境保护局，EPA）当前实施的场所的认识，以鼓励电子废物回收或电子回收。

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