The development of information technology is increasing worldwide, including developing of different new smartphones, new technical equipment, which brings convenience to daily life, health, the community and even increasing in economic growth. However, there is a large amount of electronic waste or e-waste produced in developed countries such as United States and Australia. Those e-wastes are also being exported to developing countries such as China and India without proper measurements. According to a research done by the United Nations in 2012 (AP, 2013) states there were 49.9 million metric tonnes of electronic waste produced globally that year and estimated to reach 65.4 million metric tonnes in 2017. E-waste in this essay can be defined
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The amount of e-waste is based on the development of information technology in specific countries. Generally, this issue is a country’s problem, wherever the electronic was produced on their land, or imported from other countries worldwide. According to Clean Up Australia (as cited in Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013), There are the most users in technology, and e-waste is one of the boosting types of waste, 17 million televisions and 37 million computers have been sent to landfill until 2008. Then according to U.S. EPA (as cited in Kahhat, et al., 2008), there were 1.36- 1.72 million metric tons of electronic goods which were thrown away and mostly sent to the landfill in 2005 with only 0.31-0.34 of those are being recycled. In Iran, there were an average of 42.42% disposed televisions and an average of 32.66% wasted computers included in the total mass of E-waste generated in 2008–2010. (Taghipour, et al., 2012), as e-waste brought serious social issue in the country, it is thoughtful the government has full responsibilities to control the amount of e-waste and prevent in destroying their natural environment, the appearance of those rubbish may reflect they expected to face the unpredictable amount of returning goods and accepted to receive, collect or being imported by the developed countries worldwide such as U.S., Australia or European countries. Some countries are now taking actions to solve the issue. According to Waste Management Regulation of Iran (as cited in Taghipour, et al., 2012), the non-recycled electronic goods will be charged 0.005% of the value of the goods produced, those collected tax will be used in supporting the recycling industries. In the meantime, it is recommended that some countries need to raise the attention in helping to reduce e-waste worldwide. In Japan, it is suggested to move the industries away from the urban areas and accelerate the
The amount of e-waste is based on the development of information technology in specific countries. Generally, this issue is a country’s problem, wherever the electronic was produced on their land, or imported from other countries worldwide. According to Clean Up Australia (as cited in Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013), There are the most users in technology, and e-waste is one of the boosting types of waste, 17 million televisions and 37 million computers have been sent to landfill until 2008. Then according to U.S. EPA (as cited in Kahhat, et al., 2008), there were 1.36- 1.72 million metric tons of electronic goods which were thrown away and mostly sent to the landfill in 2005 with only 0.31-0.34 of those are being recycled. In Iran, there were an average of 42.42% disposed televisions and an average of 32.66% wasted computers included in the total mass of E-waste generated in 2008–2010. (Taghipour, et al., 2012), as e-waste brought serious social issue in the country, it is thoughtful the government has full responsibilities to control the amount of e-waste and prevent in destroying their natural environment, the appearance of those rubbish may reflect they expected to face the unpredictable amount of returning goods and accepted to receive, collect or being imported by the developed countries worldwide such as U.S., Australia or European countries. Some countries are now taking actions to solve the issue. According to Waste Management Regulation of Iran (as cited in Taghipour, et al., 2012), the non-recycled electronic goods will be charged 0.005% of the value of the goods produced, those collected tax will be used in supporting the recycling industries. In the meantime, it is recommended that some countries need to raise the attention in helping to reduce e-waste worldwide. In Japan, it is suggested to move the industries away from the urban areas and accelerate the