The Problem of E-Waste
As one of the world’s major IT products manufacturers, China is also faced with the growing problem of recycling and treating electronic waste.
A pile of electronic waste waiting to be collected on a Beijing street.
BEFORE Xu Feng sold his old personal computer to a mobile scrap collector, he called Dell’s recycling hotline. Since the end of 2006, Dell has run a recycling service for both corporate and private users. When he was told Dell could “collect his computer within a week, but wouldn’t provide any recompense,” Xu decided to sell it to a mobile scrap collector for RMB 200.