A "catastrophic accumulation" of millions of tonnes of "e-waste" from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuelling a global pile of hazardous waste, an international body warned Friday.Figures due to be released by the Basel Convention on transboundary movement of hazardous waste will show that the amount of discarded electronic goods has grown exponentially in recent years, officials said.
The convention's office said the stockpile, which includes toxic heavy metals and hazardous chemicals, needed to be tackled swiftly.
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I am always surprised to see so much e-waste on the verge during verge collection. Not only old TV's and even sometimes one of the big 'new' LCD or plasma screens but also lots of computers are thrown between the other rubble to be collected. If those ignorant people think it will be sorted by the council they are wrong, everything you put out there on the verge is picked up by a contractor and goes straight into landfill!
MAKE SURE YOUR E-WASTE IS SAVELY DISPOSED OF!
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