E-waste extraction is an industry with huge interests, because compared with gold mines, one meal of ore can extract at most about 15g of gold, while products such as e-waste can extract 300g of gold, 3000g of silver, 100kg of copper and other rare and precious metals per ton, which can be said to earn more than gold mines.
Under the huge benefits, naturally some people began to engage in this industry, and even some coastal areas in China began to take risks to import foreign garbage from abroad. This kind of behavior is a serious violation of state regulations, and it will also aggravate environmental pollution in China. However, driven by interests, many people simply ignore the laws of our country and collect all kinds of electronic waste through various ways.
The development of electronic waste industry has caused serious damage to people's living environment. Guiyu Town is one of the main producing areas of electronic waste refining, and the pollution here is very terrible, so it is called the most poisonous place. Many children in Guiyu Town suffer from respiratory diseases, and even some children have cancer, which are related to the pollution of the e-waste industry.
The favorite thing for some developed countries in Europe and America is to transport electronic waste abroad. They know the benefits of these electronic wastes, but Europeans and Americans choose environmental protection. The collection and refining of e-waste in China is to get rich at the expense of our own homesickness and health.
Guiyu Town is an obvious example. Now the groundwater in this town has been polluted, and the soil pollution is more serious, especially the dioxin content is seriously exceeding the standard. Of course, Guiyu Town is an example, and there are many similar towns in China. The huge industrial chain behind e-waste is an environmental disaster for China, which is not a good thing at all!