The world's largest garbage village

srijeda , 29.06.2016.

Guiyu city, the world's largest "garbage village", the annual processing of garbage ten million tons, of which the proportion of occupied phone increased year by year. Garbage where it is disassembled, sorted, and then extract the gold, copper and other precious metals, forming a huge and hidden interests of the chain, threatening the health of local people.
The world's largest "e-waste village" Guiyu, located in Guangdong's Shantou City Chaonan, eastern Lianjiangzhong West Bank, a low-lying central zone, is a serious waterlogging area, agricultural production is not guaranteed. It was once the hub of one of the Chaoshan area waterway, the waterway has now abandoned, before the development of e-waste industry is not, get out of Guiyu's economy has been predicament. The picture shows the December 13, 2005, Guiyu, polluted rivers showing a dark green or black, with all kinds of garbage floating on the surface.
Long-term poverty Guiyu involved in the dismantling of waste electronic products business, and gradually expand the scale, formed a complete industrial chain from recycling, dismantling, processing and marketing of electronic waste. By 2005, e-waste disposal industry in Guiyu town cottage 5500, employing over 60,000 people, the annual production value of nearly 10 billion yuan, accounting for more than 90% of the town's total industrial output value, taxes paid 10 million yuan .Guiyu e-waste has become a pillar industry and the local population's main source of income. Pictured in 2005, e-waste workshop workers remove waste from wastewater.
In the 21st century, the mobile phone has become one of the fastest change of electronic products. Statistics show that Chinese people to replace the phone's frequency is 8-12 months. 2014 China out of 400 million mobile phones. Parts of old mobile phones, in particular hazardous substances contained in old batteries released in the process, contaminate soil and groundwater. Although the Chinese mobile phone replacement rate quickly, but only 10% of the mobile phone is clearly not keep the phone updated recovery rate. Pictured in December 2005, Guiyu, local children looking for "Toys" in piles of electronic waste.
With the rapid development of e-waste industry in Guiyu, suffered a serious pollution of local rivers, people living water has become the number one problem. Local residents need to "Hei" edge clothes, then go home with well water filter again. The picture shows the December 13, 2005, a working woman carrying a baby in "Hei" edge clothes, another girl for her umbrella against the rain.
In fact, local groundwater can not drink, just hit up the well water is clean, but will soon become brown red. Apart from a small portion of the local people attracted tap installed elsewhere, most people rely on to buy the flow of clean water from water tankers for drinking. At the same time, kidney stones to become one of the most common local diseases. As early as 2003, "Green Peace" organization of joint Sun Yat-sen on the industrial scale, the environment and labor relations like Guiyu conducted a large-scale research. Reported that due to the heavy metals exceeded, then the vast majority of Guiyu surface water and shallow groundwater are not drinking tap water combined with a very narrow c

overage, local people need to buy water to drink. Water transport industry has also become one of the important local industry. Pictured in 2005, residents of the town of Guiyu in front of the flow of water tankers to buy.
Guiyu, a large number of fields had been enclosed electronic waste is discarded, used for factories, warehouses, or e-waste dumps. Until a renovation, the daily evening, the fields will rise Guiyu billowing black smoke. It is reported that workers burning smoke electronic boards and other electronic waste caused by the metal which is to take down. Pictured in December 2005, Guiyu, someone in the field of e-waste burning, black smoke billowing. On the other hand, styrofoam recycling and polystyrene compactor is necessary.
According to the survey "Green Peace" organization of sampling, including lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PVC plastics, brominated flame retardants, including six hazardous substances have infiltrated into the local soil and groundwater. Pictured in 2005, Guiyu, a worker in the field edge burning useless plastic waste, ignited a raging fire.
In recent years, the local government's request, the villagers in the contamination of fields planted with crops basis again. In fact, located in the "waterlogging zone" Guiyu is not suitable for agricultural production, which is to become one of the root causes of global Guiyu e-waste village. The picture shows the June 2, 2016, Guiyu circular economy industrial park, industrial park next to a farm.
Currently, each year receives millions of Guiyu to nearly 10 million tons of e-waste. Wherein the mobile phones, computers and other electronic products rapid alternation accounted for the bulk. The picture shows the June 2, 2016, was full of electronic garbage Guiyu circular economy industrial park, plant.
According to a survey in 2003, more than 80 percent of the time in Guiyu families large or small business related to e-waste industry business. As the local fiscal revenue in 1990, almost all from the dismantling, the local government is also supporting the development of dismantling industry. This is one important reason for the e-waste industry in the 1990s can be rapid development. The picture shows the June 4, 2016, Guiyu circular economy industrial park, workers burn plate on the hearth.
All along, the local government to the problem of pollution in Guiyu repeatedly banned: You can not use direct heating methods dismantling circuit boards, can not extract the precious metal pickling, e-waste can not be incinerated. However, the ban did not prevent contamination persists. Until 2012, a specially formulated "Shantou Guiyu area of electronic waste pollution comprehensive treatment plan" promulgate environmental pollution Guiyu e-waste industry for the problems caused by the official start of widespread attention. The picture shows the June 2, 2016, Guiyu, the industrial park after the piled garbage dump e-waste and garbage next to the farmland.
In 2012, Guiyu Circular Economy Industrial Park project started, several local environmental assessment did not meet the cottage is banned. The picture shows the June 5, 2016, on the way into the Guiyu, covered with various banners.
Today, due to the limited and expensive than rents outside the park and so the number of manufacturers Guiyu circular economy industrial park can accommodate the problem, outside the park still exists a small number of private workshops, walk in the industry, "gray areas."
Guiyu surrounding area is hilly, baking board, garbage incineration produces harmful gases and suspended solids, it is difficult and dispersed by the natural flow of air, resulting in air quality throughout the Guiyu region is very poor. One of the serious harm caused, those with weakened immune systems of children as one of the largest group of victims of respiratory diseases. The picture shows the June 4, 2016, Guiyu circular economy industrial park, a ride through the work of the workers abandoned factory.
In 2002, Guiyu e-waste industry coincided with the rapid development, there have been reports that "the results of the local hospitals on a village of Guiyu student physical examination showed that more than 80 percent of the students suffering from respiratory diseases, and another five students were confirmed suffering from leukemia. "this conclusion has also been confirmed by other research report later. According to a study published in 2010, the report shows that Guiyu 6 years of age children in rural areas have 81.8% are suffering from lead poisoning symptoms, but its source is likely to be generated by the circuit board fragmentation lead dust or melting lead solder to extract gold, copper and other precious and semi-precious metals brought about by pollution. Today, photographers go to interview and photograph for each local people have become very cautious, to avoid talking about issues related to environmental protection.
Career choice to personal health, e-waste from industry affecting every Language Guiyu locals and outsiders. Currently, the total population of about 20 million people in the town of Guiyu, the foreign population of about 20 million people, career choices between them rarely overlap. A survey shows that most of the locals Guiyu factory owners, workshop owners, small business operators, and the main content of the foreign population is e-waste dismantling, handling, cargo or passenger tricycle pull, and a very small portion of the small business operations. The picture shows the June 2, 2016, focused on dismantling market Guiyu circular economy industrial park, everywhere filled with electronic waste sacks.
In the process of dismantling e-waste, the biggest damage to workers' health is a circuit board processing. Processing circuit boards, circuit boards need to be directly above the fire to get baking, until the board is heated to soften, then pliers various elements of the wafer board, capacitors and other recyclable removed. Board softened by heating, the process will release a pungent smell of harmful gases, cause direct harm to the human body.