Environmental group warns of health risks posed by mixing e-waste with regular trash 19 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Chito ChavezAn environmental group asked the public never to mix electronic-waste (e-waste) with regular waste to prevent toxic contents from penetrating and polluting the ecosystem that poses human health risks. “Although the law, specifically R.A. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, considers e-waste as special waste requiring separate handling, we often find e-waste mixed with regular trash or simply dumped in street corners,” observed Primo Morillo, E-Waste campaigner of the EcoWaste Coalition. Children, women, and workers are most susceptible to the health risks of unsafe e-waste management,” he added. “It’s time for the electronics industry to clean up and substitute hazardous chemicals and processes with substances and procedures that present less, or no risk, to health and the environment,” EcoWaste Coalition stressed.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 31, 2019 03:11 UTC