MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC WASTE AT THE AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF SINALOA, MAZATLAN CAMPUS

Abstract

The electronic waste management is related to recycling, reduction and reuse of technological devices. Although the perfect solution for the management of electronic waste has not yet been devised, almost every country in the world has recognized this problem as a growing problem and acts in accordance with it. In Mexico, electronic waste increases exponentially, although the management of electronic waste does not improve with demand. Therefore, a large amount of electronic waste in the environment is a serious threat. So the main purpose of this study is to know how to manage the waste of computers and its parts by higher level academic units, at the Mazatlán Campus of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa. A survey was designed to computer lab administrators of nine academic units, to know about the management of electronic waste produced in their work areas. According to the results obtained, these academic units generate a large amount of electronic waste in a short period of time and none of them has a suitable method to dispose this waste. But most of the surveyed say they are willing to improve these procedures as long as they get the support of their superiors in order to give a better deal to electronic waste.