What is e-waste?

The new technologies and developments have a lot of advances and make life easier, but there is also a dark side relied to computers, smart phones and flat televisions. The competition between the different constructors may lead to a bad situation for the people and the environment.

Manufacturers launch their new products, with bad capacities and a short life, too fast because they are scared that the other firms, their competitors, will develop an invention with the same functions and looks. Instead of  a good and reliable product, the clients get a short-life, environmental unfriendly product because after a few years, they have to buy a new one to replace their previous product which is already worn out or obsolete.

Without a good e-waste regulation the situation would become worse and the amount of electronic refuse would leap.   

Matthias Cierkens

(sources:

http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/reprint/55/3/333

http://popupcity.net/2009/04/designing-new-yorks-e-waste-bin/)