Governments 'should standardise electrical design waste policies'

e14news — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:37:18 GMT

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Policies governing the reuse and recycling of electronic products should be standardised across the globe, it has been claimed. Technology experts are agreed that standardising government policy approaches to recycling could extend the life of many electronics products and significantly reduce the harmful waste they produce. Ruediger Kuehr of United Nations University, executive secretary of a global public-private initiative called Solving the E-Waste Problem, commented that the shift from analog systems to newer digital technologies is pushing every country to find more effective ways to deal with their electronic refuse. Ramzy Kahhat, from the Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management at Arizona State University, added: "Millions of old devices in North America and Europe could easily double their typical three or four year 'first life' by being put to use in classrooms and small business offices across Africa, South America and Asia." In November, a study to be published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Physical Chemistry A will conclude that more environmentally-friendly optoelectronics components can be developed thanks to a new screening process.!http://feeds.directnews.co.uk/feedtrack/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1785&itemid=19374758|alt=ADNFCR-1785-ID-19374758-ADNFCR|src=http://feeds.directnews.co.uk/feedtrack/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1785&itemid=19374758!