RECYCLING IN THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

Recycling In the Third World Countries



INTRODUCTION

Have you ever wondered what happens to your old cell phone, television, computer or video player after being rejected? Every year millions of tons of electronic waste are exported to China and third world countries including Pakistan, India, Vietnam and several African nations (Stevens 90).

E-waste is discarded, broken and surplus electrical or electronic devices (and their parts) that due to the complexity of its components, can be harmful or even become toxic .

Also the waste generated in developing states is not efficiently recycled to conserve resources and cut-cost. Many developing states lack the proper infrastructure to recycle waste (Miranda 56). Many countries do not have the infrastructure to recover e-waste materials, which is why this type of waste sent to landfills overseas, because it is the cheapest way to get rid of anything. However, this destroys the ecosystem of those countries (Menell 311).

Objective of the study

The study aims to do a detailed study of the various recycling practices that are operational in the third world countries. It also aims to highlight the potential loopholes and areas that could be subjected to further development. Various constraints like budgetary, financial and environmental as well as legislative barriers that impede recycling also aim to be subjected to analysis.

OVERVIEW OF SOURCES

Libraries including online databases will be accessed to get the most relevant and updated literature. Some of the online databases that were used are: EBSCO, Emerald, Blackwell, etc.

The main conclusive data is the result of a thorough analysis of the material found online. The research involved analyzing the news postings on the web over a phase of years. The approach employed was reading the abstract or body of each publication. (Jackson, 2008 12).

Literature Search

The criteria of selection for literature is relevance to research topic and year of publication. Both public and private libraries as well as online libraries were visited to access data. Some of online databases are Ebsco, Questia, Emerald, Phoenix and so on. These data bases enable access to many libraries that contain plethora of information and recent knowledge about the concerned topic. Also the data is mostly peer-reviewed and validates.

Literature review

Developing countries should promote the construction of recycling society technology research support system, specifically in the eco-industrial park to open up experimental study area, assigned to several universities and research institutions, and key technology of recycling society from basic research to technology development, empirical research and business scale have given some financial support, and promote the rapid development of a recycling society (Cargo 56). Developing countries should build a recycling-oriented society, the importance of public participation and to play the role of intermediary organizations, using various means and media to strengthen media advocacy recycling society (Lewis 55). Through the establishment of children's environmental club, the preparation of popular environmental materials, the establishment of private environmental volunteer organization, advocate green consumption to increase environmental awareness of citizens (Browning ...