Brazil’s economy has been growing and transforming itself, which increases the consumption
of electronic equipment and gadgets from the Information Technology- It – area. A huge
amount of the worldwide population has been joining the Global Society of Information and
digital economy, getting significant benefits and opportunities offered by them. The rise of
high- speed networks and faster services and applications have brought opportunities to many
people in many areas, such as education, health care, government, entertainment and commerce.
At the same time, the higher levels of available investments, the urbanization and
industrialization in emergent countries are leading into an increasing number of electric and
electronic equipaments, and consequently, to more electronic waste.
The high consumption of these products brings us unwelcome consequences, when these
gadgets stop being useful and start producing a huge amount of waste electrical and electronic
equipment, or like is more known, electronic wastes. The subject addressed in this dissertation
sought to show these residues have been treated by part of the population, the government, and
what could be done with all the electronic waste produced that still has almost no treatment.
This research hopes to show what are the actions taken by the public power, the management
policies for the treatment of this kind of garbage, how much the actors involved know about
electronic waste and also awareness through environmental education. The lack of an organized
policy for gathering and discard of electronic waste contributes to environmental and health
problems
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