According to the press release, The People’s Republic of China wants to increase its standards for recycling computers, televisions, refrigerators, etc. It is gradually drawing up a legal framework for this. In addition, manufacturers of electric and electronic goods will be made responsible for disposal of their products in the future.
At this year’s IFAT China, which will be held Sept. 23-25, the German Ministry of the Environment is planning a bilateral panel discussion about environmentally-compatible treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
The press release states that the German Ministry of the Environment is very interested in continuing and intensifying the existing collaboration with China in several areas of environmental management; this also concerns the regulated disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment. With respect to the size of the Chinese electronics market, the use of energy-saving and resource-saving waste disposal technologies in China will have global environmental policy significance.
Following a Chinese-German workshop about environmentally-compatible treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment at the beginning of this year in Beijing, another bilateral panel discussion is planned on this topic at IFAT China, event organizers say.
The objective of this workshop is to expand exchanges between the two countries about the implemented legal and technical standards as well as the framework conditions for successful further development of treating waste electrical and electronic equipment to the greatest extent possible. Participation of high-ranking representatives of the Chinese government and Parliament Undersecretary Astrid Klug as well as representatives from the business world will be at the workshop, according to event organizers.
Parallel to IFAT China 2008, analytica China, International Trade Fair for Analysis, Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Laboratory Technology and Services, is taking place in Halls E4 and E5 of Shanghai New International Expo Center for the fourth time.
Additional information for both events is are available at www.analyticachina.com or www.ifat-china.com.
