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Guiyu (Chinese: 贵屿), in Guangdong Province, China, is widely perceived as the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site in the world. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2005, there were 60,000 e-waste workers in Guiyu who processed the more than 100 truckloads that were transported to the 52-square-kilometre area every day. [ 3 ]
Guiyu (Chinese: 贵 屿; pinyin: Guìyǔ) is a town created from an agglomerate of four adjoined villages totalling 150,000 people in the Chaoyang district of Guangdong province in China. [1] Situated on the South China Sea coast, Guiyu is perhaps best known in the global environmentalist community for its reception of e-waste .
Guiyu in Guangdong Province is the location of the largest electronic waste site on earth. [21] Specializing in informal e-waste recycling for over 30 years, e-waste has become a pillar of the local economy in Guiyu. [15]
Guiyu was described by Chinese palaeontologist Zhu Min and others in 2009, based on a near-complete articulated specimen.The generic name Guiyu is a transliteration of the Mandarin 鬼魚 guǐyú "ghost fish" and the specific name oneiros is from Greek ὄνειρος "dream".
Guiyu may refer to: Guiyu oneiros (鬼鱼), extinct bony fish; Guiyu (town) (贵屿镇), town in Chaoyang District, Shantou, Guangdong, China
Guiyu in the Guangdong region of China is a massive electronic waste processing community. [ 53 ] [ 67 ] It is often referred to as the "e-waste capital of the world." Traditionally, Guiyu was an agricultural community; however, in the mid-1990s it transformed into an e-waste recycling center involving over 75% of the local households and an ...
Guiyu oneiros, the earliest known bony fish, lived during the Late Silurian, 425 million years ago. [1] It has a combination of both ray-finned and lobe-finned features. Bony fish are characterized by a relatively stable pattern of cranial bones, rooted, medial insertion of mandibular muscle in the lower jaw.
Guiyu, a populous town in Chaoyang District, is the biggest electronic waste site on earth. [26] Health-environmental issues incurred have concerned international organizations such as Greenpeace. In 2000, the biggest tax fraud in the history of the People's Republic of China was uncovered, estimated worthy of 32.3 billion yuan.