El crecimiento de los residuos de aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos fuera de uso: el impacto ambiental que representan

Abstract

This paper intends to explain the problems that it supposes Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments (WEEE), as well as to know developed countries positions, which are adopting different strategies to approach the problem decidedly. Nowadays it was estimating that the growth of the volume of these residues is near three times higher than the average of other municipal waste: of the order of 3 % to 5 % per year. From an environmental point of view the WEEE, they present the following problems: • Unsustainable consumption of the natural resources, • Contains harmful substances as the lead, mercury, cadmium etc. • Its fast increase contribute in an important way to landfills saturation and pollution • Difficult recycling. The lack of management policies and environmental awareness about WEEE represents a threat to sustainable development. By this, it is necessary urgent measurements to know and to face the problem.