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An overview of electronic waste recycling in Vietnam
Huynh Trung Hai1 Ha Vinh Hung1 Nguyen Duc Quang1
Received: 9 April 2015 / Accepted: 18 November 2015 / Published online: 7 December 2015 Springer Japan 2015
Abstract Electronic waste (e-waste) is a rising issue in Vietnam, due to a dramatic increase in the waste volume, and the lack of recovering materials. This research provides an overview of e-waste in Vietnam, which is currently considered to be hazardous waste. This paper also discusses the recycling technologies and perspective of e-waste recycling in the near future. It has been shown that Vietnam can only recover some common materials (such as iron, copper, aluminum, etc.) from e-waste with low efciency. The recovering process can cause serious impacts on the environment and public health. In addition, the parts of e-waste that are not recycled in Vietnam have been illegally exported to other countries. It violates the BASEL Convention and causes a loss of an important urban resource. Recycling e-waste had not been regulated by Vietnamese government for a long time. As a result, this type of waste got under the control of informal sector. To respond to this situation, the Extended Producer Responsibility system will be applied in Vietnam in 2016. Due to the introduction of the new legislation, there would be an important reform in the recycling sector that is expected to increase the efciency of the recycling system.
Keywords e-Waste Recycling technology e-Waste
management Urban resource Vietnam
Introduction
The electronic waste (e-waste) is an emerging issue in Vietnam within the past 10 years, due to the impact of discarding and recycling this waste on the environment and public health. Also, there is a warning alert of an international e-waste ow running to or through Vietnam, disregarding the Vietnams ratication of the BASEL Convention introduced in 1995.
The amount of valuable materials from e-waste is large enough to draw attention of material recycling eld. However, there has not been any complete e-waste recycling technology applied in Vietnam. Most e-waste is handled by informal private sector, using a simple and manual dismantling process, which can recover only a small amount...