| Summary: | his paper addresses a number of issues regarding the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and its influence on environmental and human health factors. The study was conducted for Maramures County to highlight the WEEE management and its threats to the environment and human health. Worldwide research results show that improper WEEE treatment and recycling is a factor of environmental pollution and the generation of various diseases, especially where rudimentary techniques are used and there is no means of protecting workers. By dismantling mechanical and pyrometallurgical processing of WEEE components result in a series of contaminants that can pollute the soil, surface water, groundwater, the atmosphere and finally can cause a lot of human diseases. Following the investigations, it is found that the management of WEEE in Maramureș County poses a low risk of contamination given the fact that in this county only WEEE collection is made not also their treatment or recycling. Moreover, all collection activities of WEEE are made safe and are authorized by the environmental protection point of view.
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