Propuesta de una guía de procedimientos sobre el manejo de desechos electrónicos en el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito

Abstract

The accelerated technological change that is lived around the world has implied that the level of contamination by the bad disposition of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) increases exponentially in the last years. The DMQ, being the political capital of Ecuador, being densely populated and having inadequate waste management habits is highly vulnerable to WEEE contamination. Faced with this problem, it has become a pressing need to create legislative, educational and technological strategies to mitigate this problem. This paper presents a global vision of the WEEE problem, taking into account the regulations created at the international and national level, electronic waste management statistics in Ecuador and especially in the DMQ, analyzing the effects on human health and the environment of the pollutants present in these devices, successful waste management experiences in this category; to finally be able to provide a guide of procedures for the management of electronic wastes in the DMQ properly contextualized