WASTE CRIME – WASTE RISKS

electronics and appliances, but organized and safe recycling
remains at a very early stage.
Since 2000, the Chinese government has banned the import of
e-waste and managed to agree on important pieces of national
legislation 13 that stipulate collection through multiple channels
and recycling of WEEE at licensed recycling enterprises.
13. Regulations on Recovery Processing of Waste Electrical and Electronic
Products. Unofficial English translation available from: http://www.chinarohs.com/chinaweee-decree551.pdf
China has enacted a nationwide recycling system for obsolete
electronics supplied by domestic and illegally imported WEEE.
In China, there are about 130 registered enterprises recycling
e-waste. However, not all of them have received all the
necessary treatment licences, indicating that they have not
met required technical and environmental standards (Wang
et al. 2013). The collection and recycling of e-waste in China
are partly carried out by informal actors. They are not registered
with the state, so their numbers are difficult to estimate
(Wang et al. 2013). However, it is clear that the sector has been
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