4.1.3.2. Formal recycling sector. At present, about 106 formal ewaste
recycling enterprises have obtained the official license for the
treatment and disposal of e-waste, and are included in the Treatment
Fund of E-waste list, but only a few of these recycling enterprisesde.
g. TES-AMM (Beijing and Shanghai) and Shanghai Xin
Jinqiao Environmental Protection Co., Ltd.dhave begun to deal
with waste printers. Because of both this lack of attention from the
formal enterprises and the existence of the informal recycling
sector, only a small fraction of waste printers are currently recycled
in the formal sector. In 2013, about 5000 waste printers were
collected and treated in TES-AMM (Beijing)da very small proportion
of the estimated generation, and most of them were defective
goods from the producers. Fig. S2 shows some of the dismantling
and recycling processes of the formal recycling enterprises. In
contrast to the informal recycling sector, these formal enterprises,
when they have sufficient recycling facilities for waste printers
(including effective safeguard measures and pollution control systems)
can avoid potential threats to the environment and workers'
health.