Guiyu
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Guiyu (Chinese: 贵屿; Hanyu Pinyin: Gùiyǔ) is the name of a town in southern China. Coordinates: 23°19′11.81″N 116°20′59.62″E / 23.3199472°N 116.3498944°E
Guiyu Town is located in the middle-west of the coastal prefecture-level city of Shantou, in Eastern Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The Lianjiang River runs through the region.
With a couple of major roads connecting the rest of Shantou to Guiyu, driving to the outskirt area is convenient.
[edit] Electronic waste
Guiyu is the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site on earth,[1] and was first documented fully in December 2001 by the Basel Action Network in their report and documentary film entitled Exporting Harm.[2] The health and environmental issues exposed by this report and subsequent scientific studies[3] have greatly concerned international organisations such as the Basel Action Network and later Greenpeace and the United Nations Environment Programme and the Basel Convention.
[edit] References
- ^ Johnson, Tim (April 9, 2006). "E-waste dump of the world". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002920133_ewaste09.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ "Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia" (pdf). Basel Action Network. February 25, 2002. http://www.ban.org/E-waste/technotrashfinalcomp.pdf.
- ^ "Scientific Articles". Basel Action Network. http://www.ban.org/main/library.html#scientific.
Coordinates: 23°19′11.81″N 116°20′59.62″E / 23.3199472°N 116.3498944°E
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