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   In the United States alone , over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away each year. Cell-phone are part of a a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants. The electronic waste stream is increasing three times faster than traditional garbage as a whole.

  Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver . A  Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comparison to total waste , the concentration (含*) of gold and other precious metals was higher in So-called  e-waste than in naturally occurring minerals.

 Electronic wastes also contain many poisonous metals . Even when the machines are recycled and the harmful metals removed , the recycling process often is carried out in poor countries , in practically uncontrolled ways which allow many poisonous substances to escape into the environment.

 Creating products out of  raw materials creates much more materials, up to 100 times more, than the material contained in the finished products . Consider again the cell-phone , and imagine the mines that produced those metals , the factories needed to make the box and packaging(包裝) it came in . Many wastes produced in the producing process are harmful  as well.

  The U.S. Environmental Protection  Agency notes that most wast is dangerous in that “ the production , distribution , and use of products ------as well asd management of the resulting waste-----all result in greenhouse gas release.” Individuals can reduce their contribution by creating less waste at the start ---- for instance , buying reusable products and recycling

 In many countries the concept of the extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an incentive（動機）for reducing waste. If producers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products , would they reduce the packaging in the first place?

Governments’ incentive to require producers to take responsibility for the packaging they produce is  usually based on money . Why , they ask , should cities or towns be responsible for paying to deal with the bubble wrap (氣泡墊)that encased your television?

From the governments’ point of view , a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the costs and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers.

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 Electronic waste are increasing quickly , which contain both valuable metals and poisonous metals. The recycling process causes harm to the environment . In addition , harmful waste material is also created during production. Therefore , to reduce  greenhouse gas, we should create less waste at the beginning and the responsibility of e-waste treatment should be shifted from government to produce.

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