A Study On Legal Issues Of Electronic Wastes Management

With the reformation and opening of China,our economy has been growing rapidly and life standard rising continuously.At the same time, China has become one of the largest nations of producing and consuming of the electronic products.They have been widely used in many fields.In 20 or 30 years,they will finish their duties and become electronic wastes, these e-wastes will compose a great threat to our country,society,and especially the environment.There are hundreds of valuable materials in the discarded appliance.As the experts say,we have no wastes,only resources dislocated.If we recycle and reuse them correctly,regenerated resources may become an effective way to the straits of energy of our country.But the e-wastes also contain many harmful ingredients.For example,TV,computers and mobiles have large amount of toxic materials, such as zinc,mercury,and PBDE,tin solder on the CRT has lots of harmful substances.Among the 700 chemical materials from which a computer is made,more than 50%are injurious to our bodies.The CRT of TV and computers has much zinc,which could pollute the source of water once goes into the soil,and eventually,it would endanger human,animals and plants.So,the double property of e-waste required legislation on this side to restrain the pollution and turn the wastes into resources.The objective of the paper is to present a legal approach to solve the problem of the e-waste pollution.For this,the paper first states the situation of the e-waste pollution in our country,and the reason and danger of it.Second,reviews related laws in developed countries and districts,such as WEEE,ROSH and EUP of EU,and laws of the USA and Japan.Third,the paper analyses the condition and defects of the e-waste legislation of our country.This part contains Management Rules on Prevention of Pollution of Electronic and Information Products,and Management Regulations on Recycling and Reusing of Wasted Electronic Equipment.Last,the thesis puts forward suggestions on e-waste legislation based on foreign experiences and our own situation.That includes the guiding idea of circular economy and extended producer responsibility,and so on.In addition,some legal suggestions which are suitable for China are proposed in the paper.It also states that it should be noted that establishing a good legal framework for prevention of e-waste pollution can be involved with complexity and uncertainty.To do this,a number of factors,such as economy,science,technology,and natural environment shall be considered as a whole.