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Thai officials said they imported 238 tons of illegal importance on Wednesday Electronic waste One of the largest lots they found this year from the United States in the port of Bangkok.
It was announced as a large number of mixed metal scraps with a large bowl, aluminum, copper and iron, but the CEO of the Customs Department was confused in a large stack of the Director General of the Customs Department, said he was mixed in a large pile.
Electronic waste, which are classified as a hazardous waste under the control of transboundary actions of the transitive movements of the transitive movements of the transboundary movements of the infringual waste, was found on Tuesday after the daily random inspection of 40 meters.
The Basel Convention is an international agreement signed in 1989, an international agreement for engaging in dangerous waste flowing to developing countries Rating costs increased In addition to the amount of waste.
Last year, the UN report said that e-waste is a world scale. The report says that 62 million tons of electronic waste was created in 2022, and this figure will reach 82 million tons until 2030. Only 22% of the waste is expected to fall to 20% in 2022 and recycled and higher consumption, limited maintenance options, shorter product life periods and inadequate management infrastructure.
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Thaiaj, Thai officials said that imported goods, illegal electronic waste, including illegal import and waste to re-export their country in the press.
“It is important to move on such goods,” he said. “Environmental effects that are dangerous for people, especially there are communities around factories that can import these things to process, then recycling.”
Electronic waste creates great Health Dangers. Many components are loaded with lead and mercury, cadmium and other toxins. Recycling is gold, silver, palladium and copper, mainly after printed circuit boards, however Lax control The facilities often turn on plastics to release the cashier distributed copper and use dangerous methods to produce valuable metals.
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Thailand has banned the import of a number of e-waste products in 2020. In February, the Cabinet of Ministers approved an expanded list of banned waste.
Deputy General Director of the Industrial Affairs Sunthron Kewsawang, officials, Bangkok said they were involved in at least two factories in Saminal Sakhon province. Last year, Thailand officials found thousands of tons of smuggled cadmia in a factory in the province, Thai PBS reported.
According to the report, in the urines of residents near the territorial, the high level of poisonous metal was usually found. The exposure of Cadmium can lead to flu-like symptoms, including cold, fever and muscle pain, according to the US Occupational Safety and Health Department. Long-term exposure can cause cancer, kidney, bone and lung disease.
In January, the Customs Office said that 256 tons of illegally imported electronic waste from Japan and Hong Kong in a port in Thailand.
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