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Aida Williams's List: International Legislation
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Sep 17, 10
"People responsible for contaminating South African land will pay, Environment Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said yesterday.
“We have taken the view that the cost of reducing pollution must be shared between people who are responsible for waste: the polluters,” she told a waste management conference in Boksburg." -
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Sep 17, 10
"Earlier this year, the Japanese government recruited virtual character Hatsune Miku in a campaign to shore up cell phone recycling rates.
The squeaky-voiced anime singer recorded a syrupy tune urging people to do their part. After all, Japanese replace their handsets so frequently that phone recycling boxes can be found in convenience stores in Tokyo.
What happens to yesterday’s gadgets? " -
Sep 14, 10
"Recycling firms dealing in electronic goods that have been operating informally are eyeing a new income stream as the Government moves to regulate the handling of e-waste.
This comes as Kenya's enters a new regulatory regime, with guidelines that are meant to steer the formation of a new policy to manage electronic waste." -
Sep 14, 10
"Recycling firms dealing in electronic goods that have been operating informally are eyeing a new income stream as the Government moves to regulate the handling of e-waste.
This comes as Kenya’s enters a new regulatory regime, with guidelines that are meant to steer the formation of a new policy to manage electronic waste. " -
Sep 14, 10
"Old computers and other e-waste from British government departments have been discovered at dumpsites in African countries and in containers headed for the continent, according to the UK’s environment agency."
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Sep 14, 10
"The Facebook group, Ghanaians against Dumping of E-waste now has 500 members to date.
The group was formed about two years ago by Ghanaian journalist and e-waste campaigner, Emmanuel K. Dogbevi to draw attention to the growing menace of e-waste dumping into Ghana by the West." -
Aug 13, 10
"The U.S. Congress released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report yesterday that addresses the management and trade of hazardous electronic wastes. The report correctly urges the EPA to deal with the massive flows of U.S. e-waste. However, according to the Electronic TakeBak Coalition, it misses the mark in recommending that the EPA put forward legislation that would ratify the Basel Convention, without first prohibiting the export of hazardous electronic waste to developing countries. "
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Aug 27, 10
"For some parts of the world, technology has come to deliver longer lives, better health and greater conveniences. However, that progress has also come at a cost to other parts of the world. We live in an era of cheap, disposable electronic consumer goods, and it's taken its toll on places where products are made before they're delivered to you, and where they go after they're tossed aside for the next big thing."
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Aug 27, 10
"Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, has marked the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive in Ireland. “There has been a magnificent response to the scheme and in just five years, nearly forty two million units of household WEEE equating to over one hundred and eighty thousand tonnes of old electrical and electronic equipment have been safely taken out of circulation and been recycled”, Minister Gormley pointed out."
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Aug 27, 10
"Camara, an Irish charity that specialises in the delivery of technology solutions to schools in under-resourced areas in Africa and Ireland acknowledge the problem of e-waste that has sparked this campaign. This problem, which was further highlighted in a UN Report, indicating that global e-waste is growing by about 40 million tons a year, much of which is being dumped in developing countries."
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Aug 12, 10
"Today, numerous households and businesses are constantly creating great amounts of e-waste (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, or WEEE) and this presents environmental and health threats, as these devices are compiled of toxic substances.
According to StEP (Solving the e-Waste Problem)," -
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Jul 27, 10
"Tasmania, what is it? An unusual medical condition? I prefer “a (island) state of innovative waste management”. With Bass Strait often referred to as “the most expensive piece of navigable water for trade in the world”, the Tasmanian waste industry has planned for regional solutions to reduce the cost of transporting waste offshore for treatment and/or disposal (or “OS” as Tasmanians often refer to the mainland). By Brad Mashman."
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Jul 27, 10
"Electronic Waste Materials a Rising Concern Worldwide: How Will Nations Address Problem? "
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Aug 11, 10
"Three Reasons Why a Ban on E-waste Exports is Wrong
You have no doubt seen images like the following: an Asian child sorting through in a pile of junk electronics, a young Nigerian burning bundles of copper wires, an Indian woman soaking circuit boards in acid. " -
Aug 11, 10
"Manitobans could soon be paying a new fee when they purchase electronics. The money would go towards costs for recycling the same electronic products later on.
Lanny McInnes of the Retail Council of Canada said a variety of e-waste fees are being considered. "
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