28/12/2014
In the expanded meeting of the environment
Demanding legislation and regulations to deal with the Kingdom electronic waste
Participantsinthe meeting,warnedofan expandedenvironmental sectorof the danger ofthe spread ofMaradimrandom, as well asthe traditional wayto dealwithwaste,are calling forthe agerequiredto deal withhousehold wasteandelectroniclegislation,
They consideredduring the meeting,which was organized bythe EastChamberrecentlyrepresentative by the EnvironmentCommittee, said theabsence of accuratestudiesof e-wasteis a major problempreventing theexploitationand investinrequired,
Chairman of theCommittee on EnvironmentEastChamber ofTalal Al-Rasheedsaidthat thewasteof the various"home-E"ofenvironmental problemsthat requirea quicklymovein order tofind appropriate solutions, indicating that thereluctance ofthe private sectorto investin therecycling of wasteassociated withthe absence ofthe necessaryandstringentlegislationby therelevant authoritiesrelationship, as well asthe lack ofaccurate data, which representsa gatewayto conductfeasibility studiesbase, stressing,andthere is a movementtoward the enactment oflegislationin the next phase,which contributes to theevents ofa major breakthroughand thuscontrol the spread ofthe differentwastein the coming years.
Dr.AsaadThukairvice chairman of theEnvironment Committee, saidthat thee-wasteis clearlyemerged in recent yearsasa real problemfor the environmentin the future,stressing at thesame time that theinvestmentin the electronicswasteof promisinginvestments,because of the continuoustechnological developmentwhich enhancesthe ability toexploit thematerials usedin thosedevices.
He saidthrougha paper entitled"Investingin electronicwaste-a promisingfuture opportunities"thate-wasteiselectricallyconnected devicesor batteriesendedorunusablein the future,
He pointed out thate-wastecompoundsaffecthuman healthas one of themost dangerouswastebecause they containhazardous materialsin the event ofnon-use ofthe ideal wayto get ridof them,asdo not constituteaserious humanin useafterindustrialization,stressing the need tofindsuitableto take advantage ofthosee-wastemechanismsSinceit represents amajorenvironmental problem,he said, adding,that thee-wastecontributes toair pollutioncaused bythe misuse ofsuch wastesin thecasewereburnedto extractsomeminerals.
He estimatedthe volume ofe-wasteat the global levelby about50 milliontonsin 2012, whileper capita consumptionof electronicwasterate of7kg/ year,pointing out thatstatistics showariseof electronicwaste30%by 2017.
He called onthe private sectorto invest inthe most promisinginvestment opportunitiesin the electronicwaste,whichcontaingold,silverplasticandelectronic circuits,thereby enhancing thecontinuity ofthe machinesthatinvestment opportunitiesin the futureas a resultof scientific development.
He criticizedthe mechanism usedinEuropean countriesinthe disposalof electronicwaste,wheredeliberatelyassembledandre-exportedto poor countries, consideringthis method isa circumvention of theenvironmentalproblem, nota radical solutionin dealing with theproblemlist.
For his part,Engineer.HaithamMursimember ofthe Environment Committeein his paperentitled "Thesound management ofhousehold waste-the stage offinal disposal"The types ofMaradimdivided intotwo"randomlandfill" and "healthlandfill,"he said, adding,that therandomlandfillrepresents adanger tothe environmentbeingMrdmaopen, as well asthe cause ofthe spread ofdiseasesandthe spread ofodors,as well as thecontamination ofgroundwaterandbiogasemission ofwater,in addition towastingvast areasof the earth,indicating that thehealthorlandfillengineeringcontributes to thepreservation ofgroundwaterandavoidfiresandself-ignitionwaste, as well asnon-proliferation ofrodentsandstraybenefit frombiogasandprotectthe atmosphereof methaneandcarbon dioxideemissionsandalso producecompostfromorganic wasteandresiduesfoods.
He noted that thewaste in thekingdomcontain a lot oforganic material(45%)andpaper(20%),and plastic materials (7%),andglass(7%)andthe other Articles,stressing that theKingdomis one of thecountries mostcausedincarbon dioxideemissions
He said thata comparisonbetweenthe randomlandfillandhealthDammamover thenext 25 years,showsthat the number ofcells usedinthe randomlandfillup to 60cellwithup to 25cellin the healthlandfillandthe volume of wasteinrandomlandfill96tons and24 millioninlandfillhealth,while the percentage ofutilizationofwastefromrandomlandfillup(zero)andhealthlandfill72tons, whilethe area usedfor the disposal ofwasteis estimatedto 49km andhealthlandfill6 km,while theestimatedtotal volumeearthmovingrandom484 millionmetersandhealthlandfill53 millionm.
