How to dispose of appliances without harming the environment?
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There is no specific place for this kind of garbage. The solution can be reuse.
Fire destroys computer, mixed with trash. Is on the sidewalk on a busy street.
"He can not be burned under any circumstances, because it releases toxic mold that will contaminate the atmosphere," says the technical environment Wanderson Marinho.
Not only the computer. Refrigerators, stoves, phones, lamps and a myriad of electrical and electronic equipment are thrown in nature. They contain highly toxic chemicals such as lead, mercury, nitrogen, cadmium, sulfur, chromium, among others. If leak, will contaminate everything is close by: in air, water and underground.
In Brazil there is no law setting out how they should be disposed of old equipment or defective. The amount of electronic waste produced in the country reaches 11 million tons per year. A technical assistance is packed with equipment that no one is seeking.
"He has nowhere to dispose of this device. The risk is great of an accident. If a child throwing a stone he can implode, as if it were a grenade, shrapnel flying everywhere, "says the shopkeeper Francisco Bicalho.
To avoid risks, the ideal is to create standards for the disposal of old equipment.
"Shared responsibility, where manufacturers, producers, us, consumers and government to take responsibility for the management of any product. Ceases to be a junk mail to be a raw material. He returns to the productive chain, "notes the analyst environmental Rosana Franco.
In a support, poor children dealing with cancer now have the fun. TVs, a video game, the old VCR and tapes with cartoons were donated, after going through a repair. Repairs come from associations. In one, Belo Horizonte, four old computers turn into a brand new and stylish.
Before you get rid of an appliance, look for the environmental agency of your city or your state. They can guide you about programs to gather and reuse of this material.
Source: Bom Dia Brazil
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