Identificação e descrição do descarte do lixo eletrônico nas assistências técnicas do município de Cuité, PB.

Abstract

Electronic waste or “e-waste” is part of everything that comes from electronics such as cell phones, computers, televisions, appliances, among others. Acquisition and fast disposal of these is being increasingly frequent, particularly in developed and developing countries, where economic power and development of the technology industry allows greater access to these products. This waste, when improperly discarded, can pose health and environmental risks. Components of these products are often loaded with contaminating materials such as lead, mercuryand cadmium that, in contact with soil and rivers, can be harmful to the environment and human health. An alternative to lessen negative impacts of “e-waste” may depend on recycling, given the economic potential of some discarded materials. In Brazil recycling of that type of material is present in only few centers. We lack laws, benefits and technology to implement the process of reverse logistics wich depends on waste sorting, recycling, among others. In Cuité city, PB, there is no waste sorting. Technical assistance working with electronics has an even greater predisposition for the accumulation of these materials and in the city of Cuité is no different. Those who do not dispose of these products in ordinary waste store the equipment indefinitely without much perspective on how to properly dispose of such waste. This difficults picking and correctly disposing these materials, as well as it's reinsertion in the industry. However, it is in progress at the city council bill No. 542 of November 11, 2019, which institutes the program of electronic and techonological waste sorting in urban and rural areas of the city, which shows be a plus for starting policies that regulate and give proper handling to these materials.