Thai officials said Wednesday that they evaluated 238 tons of illegally imported Electronic waste From the United States in the port of Bangkok, one of the largest lots they have found this year.
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Electronic waste, which are classified as hazardous waste under the Basel Convention on the control of cross -border movements of hazardous waste and its elimination was found on Tuesday after 40 feet containers became the object of a Savic Savic, random, sautial routine, sautial, Savic ,,
The Basel Convention is an international treaty signed in 1989 aimed at dealing with hazardous waste that flows to developing countries as Elimination costs grew Along with the amount of waste.
A UN report last year said that electronic waste will accumulate worldwide. About 62 million tons of electronic waste were generated in 2022 and that figure is on its way to reaching 82 million tons by 2030, according to the report. He said that only 22% of the waste was collected and recycled properly in 2022 and that this amount is expected to fall to 20% for the end of the decade due to greater consumption, limited repair options, life cycles of shorter products and inadequate management infrastructure.
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Theajj said that Thai authorities seek to press charges, including the falsely imported statement of imported goods, the illegal import of electronic waste and planning to re -export waste back to their country of origin.
“It is important that we take measures on this child,” he said. “There are environmental impacts that are dangerous for people, especially communities around factories that could import these things for processing, then recycle.”
Electronic waste is created huge Health risks. Many components are loaded with lead and mercury, cadmium and other toxins. The recyclers are after gold, silver, paladium and copper, mainly from the printed circuit plates, but the lax controls mean that the facilities of the burned plastics to release cloak enclosed and use insecure methods to extract precious metals.
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Thailand approved a prohibition of the importation of a variety of electronic waste products in 2020. The cabinet in February approved an expanded list of prohibited waste.
Sunthron Kewsawang, deputy general director of the Department of Industrial Works, said that officials suspended at least two factories in the province of Samut Sakhon, which limits Bangkok, are involved in the importation of waste. Last year, Thai officials found thousands of tons of smuggling cadmium waste in a factory in the province, PBS Thai reported.
Subsequently it was discovered that residents near the area had generally high levels of poisonous metal in the urine, according to the report. Cadmium exposure can cause flu -similar symptoms, which include chills, fever and muscle pain, according to the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration. Long -term exposure can cause cancer, kidney, bone and lung disease.
In January, the Customs Department said it gave 256 tons of illegally imported electronic waste from Japan and Hong Kong in a port in East Thailand.
Kiki Intarasuwan contributed to this report.