美国向亚洲和中东出口电子废物,往往被非法误贴标签,引发全球危机,对健康和环境造成危险影响。 U.S. e-waste exports to Asia and the Middle East, often illegally mislabeled, fuel a global crisis with hazardous health and environmental impacts.

巴塞尔行动网络的一份新报告显示,数百万吨美国电子废物出口到东南亚和中东,往往是非法的,在2023年1月至2025年2月期间,有10 000多个集装箱装运,价值超过10亿美元。 A new report by the Basel Action Network reveals millions of tons of U.S. electronic waste are being exported to Southeast Asia and the Middle East, often illegally, with over 10,000 containers shipped between January 2023 and February 2025, valued at more than $1 billion. 包括 Attan Recycling 和 CEWS 在内的至少 10 家美国公司参与其中，他们经常将电子垃圾错误地标记为“商品材料”以绕过法规。 At least 10 U.S. companies, including Attan Recycling and CEWS, are involved, frequently mislabeling e-waste as "commodity materials" to bypass regulations. 尽管有些人持有R2V3认证,但报告质疑其可信度,因为废物是在不安全的非正式废料场处理的,使工人接触铅和汞等有毒物质。 Despite some holding R2V3 certifications, the report questions their credibility, as waste is processed in unsafe informal scrapyards, exposing workers to toxic substances like lead and mercury. 美国是唯一一个没有批准《巴塞尔公约》的工业化国家,它仍然是一个重要的全球电子废物来源,造成了一场预计到2030年将达到8 200万公吨的危机。 The U.S., the only industrialized nation not to ratify the Basel Convention, remains a major global e-waste source, contributing to a crisis projected to reach 82 million metric tons by 2030.