Study confirms that uncontrolled e-waste treatment produces carcinogenic effects
A study carried out by the research group of the University of Alicante "Waste, Pyrolysis and Combustion", University of Alicante, confirms that most of the waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is not treated properly. In this sense, once reused and recycled in treatment plants, electronic devices will pass into thermal systems (incinerators, cement plants, ceramics ...) where contaminants can be destroyed under controlled conditions. Unfortunately, as stated by the research group, most of these wastes are not treated properly and are being moved to third world countries where they are burned with no control producing brominated pollutants, which have carcinogenic effects. Another small part of this electronic remains reaches controlled dumping sites in our country, with the danger of the emission of carcinogens caused by spontaneous combustion.