Non-adherence to international waste trade rules has allowed unscrupulous US ‘recyclers’ to export many hundreds of containers of hazardous electronic waste each week to developing countries for so-called recycling, according to BAN. Nearly,
40 per cent of e-waste delivered to US recyclers is exported to Asian and African countries.
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Basel Ban Amendment becomes law Russia, India, Brazil, and Mexico are yet to ratify the ban. The US produces the most waste per-capita but has failed to ratify the Basel Convention and has actively opposed the Ban Amendment. <span>Non-adherence to international waste trade rules has allowed unscrupulous US ‘recyclers’ to export many hundreds of containers of hazardous electronic waste each week to developing countries for so-called recycling, according to BAN. Nearly, 40 per cent of e-waste delivered to US recyclers is exported to Asian and African countries. The recycling involves the burning, melting and chemically stripping electronic waste by desperate, unprotected workers in highly polluting operations. Further, wastes from the shipping Summary
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