| History, Problems, and Progress in E Waste Recycling In-Country |
They lack of minimum necessary infrastructure for collecting e-waste, constantly cause the increasing of e-waste quantities. Dumping e-waste together will all other domestic waste became the final straw for environmental activists. Another category of e-waste, not less dangerous, but much more difficult to be eliminated is the big-size e-waste, such as washing machines, fridges, vacuum cleaners, etc. |
| E-Wasters Services and Special Practices In-Country |
– The ideal solution to get rid of e-waste, namely by collecting it separately and placing them in specialized containers for collecting such type of waste.
– They made a project which is the “Clean city with recycled e-waste”, implemented by the Association for Waste Recovery. In total, over 50 tons of e-Waste were collected, systematically taken over upon request by the authorized operator.
– They have selective collection in specialized containers — the only non-harmful solution for getting rid of e-waste. About 80 collecting points of e-waste are available so far in Chisinau municipality. People may dispose their mobile telephones, batteries, irons, hairdryers, toasters, tablets, laptops, cables, and others. The containers may be found for example in some shops of Fourchette, Linella and Maximum chains.
– However, it seems that it is much more difficult to eliminate the big size e-waste, such as washing machine, fridges, vacuum cleaners, etc. The project provided support for placing some big-size containers at Bemol gas stations’ platforms. One of the companies that joined this initiative is Riolit Sistem, which has recently started hosting a container for big-size e-waste.
Free of charge taking over of e-waste of small size — a legal obligation
– The companies placing on the market electric and electronic equipment are obliged to take over free of charge the e-waste of small size. For this purpose, manufacturers should provide special containers for collecting such waste. The distributor has the obligation to place the collecting container in a visible place at the selling site.
– The e-waste in Moldova is also collected by three companies authorized to recycle electronic devices and household appliances. |
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