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10. After-Sale Service
Introduction
We at Haier in our continuous efforts of making a future better adopted eco-friendly practices and procedures.
We acting towards our social, moral and statutory responsibility towards the environment and sustainable
development have pledged to recycle electronic items, such as TV/LED/LCD, refrigerator, washing machine, etc.
that are no longer useful. Haier is stepping towards leading a more conservation and optimization of resources
and thereby making environment safer. We request you to donate or utilize take back scheme for your electronic
good when it reaches its end-of-life, so that it can be reuse -recycle and reinvent.
"Hazard of e waste on environment and Human Health :-
The informal method of recycling extends health hazards. Primary and secondary exposure to toxic metals, such
as lead, results in diseases like Heart, Liver, Lung & Spleen Damage. Open-air burning of electronic waste, used
to retrieve valuable components such as gold, not only causes damages to environment but also to human health. Incineration from
burning e-waste creates
and the informal way to recycle causes numerous health hazards. During such informal recycling no caution or care are kept to either
secure the environment or human health. The informal method of recycling extended environment hazards too. For example when
different e-waste is burnt to extract metals from it, toxic chemicals are released in to the air, damaging the atmosphere. Such informal
ways creates noise, water and air pollution.
particulate matter, which is linked to heart and respiratory disease. However the above said is only example
E WASTE TOXIC COMPONENT & THEIR DAMAGE TO HUMAN HEALTH
Toxic
Birth
Materials
Defects
Barium
x
Cadmium
x
Lead
x
Lithium
x
Mercury
x
Nickel
x
Palladium
Rhodium
x
Silver
Without safe recycling, most of these toxic components will end
soil and water
.
Heart, Liver,
Brain
Kidney
Lung & Spleen
Damage
Damage
Damage
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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Nervous/
Skeletal
Reproductive
System
System Damage
Damage
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
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