Poisonous Waste from Europe to Africa
05.08.2010 BBC English
]Despite the law to prevent waste trade, it is continued to ihrac of old electronic devices with harmful substances to human health in Europe.
[[T]]It was recorded that electronic wastes sent to Africa and Asia lead to poisoning workers in the recycling centers. [ [BBC correspondent Aidan Lewis tells you that the Netherlands opened a shipping container full of old televisions in the Rotterdam route.
Instead of being sent to Ivory Coast as it writes on these goods, it will probably be checked and sent back to Germany, where they arrive.
Central Rotterdam port]
More than 9 million wastes per year by sea from Rotterdam, one of the busiest ports of Europe.
Rotterdam is therefore one of the important centers of the efforts to stop exports to the emerging countries of electric and electronic appliances, which are increasingly consumed in Europe and disposed.
Only three of the goods outlet from the port of Rotterdam are the Dutch goods. The rest comes from other European countries.
The officers are checking and check the containers they see only risk.
[However, the Netherlands may be controlled only 3 percent of containers passing from Rotterdam, although it comes to the beginning of countries fighting illegal electronic waste trading.
If the amount of goods sent to other European ports, which managed to escape from the control or less the inspection is not known. However, the leak goods captured in Europe, and the news from the countries where the leak goods arrive, pointed to the rise of electronic waste trading.
It is reported to be sent to Ghana and Nigeria, Asia, including Pakistan and India.
Source: News