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July 20, 2009

E-Waste (Electronic Waste)





e-Waste is defined as waste from the assembly of electrical or electronic appliances that consist of components such as accumulators, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass or polychlorinated biphenyl-capacitors, or contaminated with cadmium, mercury, lead, nickel, chromium, copper, lithium, silver, manganese or polychlorinated biphenyl. e-Waste also represent component of waste from the following appliances than can no longer be used:


Television, Radio, Air-Condition
Computer
Printer
Photostat Machine
Facsimile Machine
Washing Machine
Telephone
Video Camera Record/Recording (VCR)
Stereo/Audio Device
Electronic Game Device
Pendaflour light
Oven/Microwave
Refrigerator
Digital Clock
If the electrical or electronic components are separated from the casing, the casing itself does not fall under the Scheduled Waste category.

1 comment:

  1. emm suma bhn 2 ni ade disekelilingku..!!!

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