The city of Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, has announced a publicly funded e-scrap collection event for June 5, 2018.
The city’s deputy manager of environmental quality, in announcing the event, acknowledged that publicity is starting early, but she said getting the word out is important.
“We have to be aware of the danger of storing electrical appliances in our homes, because it means a latent danger if we do not have the proper treatment,” Rosa Santa Cruz tells La Industria in an online article The media outlet is based in the Peruvian city of nearly 700,000 people.
Santa Cruz, in the article, refers to electronic scrap as “more harmful” than many other discarded materials because it can emanate toxic materials if not handled properly.
“Reciclafest Trujillo 2018” is the third edition of the collection event, and the city’s government is seeking private recycling companies with which to work.
The collection area will be in a public park on June 5, 2018, and will coincide with a seminar on electronic scrap recycling.