India to be a preferable dump site for US

Menhit · Jan 15, 2014

Excerpt from an article: Future US exports of e-waste may end up in India, UN warns - The Times of India

LONDON: An average American was responsible for generating 29.8 kg of hi-tech trash last year - six times higher than China's per capita figure of 5.4 kg.

A Briton on the other hand produced nearly 22 kg of e-waste by dumping their TVs, computers and mobile phones - seven times higher than an average Indian who generated nearly 3 kg of electronic trash last year for every person in its population.

India generated 4362 metric kilo tonne of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE â€” anything with a battery or a cord) which ultimately resulted in 2751 metric kilo tonne of e-waste containing toxic substances such as lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and flame retardants.

UN has warned that it is likely that future US exports of e-waste will end up in India, as the only other glass-to-glass furnaces in the world (in China and Malaysia) are scheduled to close by 2013.

The UN's first ever e-waste world map released on Saturday shows that almost 48.9 million metric tons of used electrical and electronic products was produced last year â€” an average of 7 kg for each of the world's 7 billion people.
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Keshav Murali · Jan 16, 2014

Gott mitt uns!

Or so I hope, on this issue. Our landfills and other dumps are already exploding. Why can't the Americans dump and process their own waste?

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