Desechos Informaticos

RECUPERACIÓN DE BASURA ELECTRÓNICA PARA APOYO EN
NECESIDADES EDUCATIVAS ESPECIALES
Recovery of electronic waste to support Special Educative Needs

María Cristina Cordero1,2, José Ignacio Gialonardo1, Flavio Atilio Ferrari1, Alberto
Nazareno Isidori1,2, José Antonio Rapallini1,3
1

UNITEC, Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo para la Calidad de la Educación en Ingeniería
con orientación al uso deTIC de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Nacional de La
Plata (FIUNLP), 48 y 116, (1900) La Plata, A rgentina.
2

INIFTA, FCE, (UNLP, CONICET, CIC), La Plata, Argentina, corderomc@gmail.com
3

CETAD, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina

Palabras clave: Reciclado, Basura electrónica, Contaminación ambiental, Educación
Keywords: Recycling, electronic waste, environmental pollution, Education

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ABSTRACT
In Argentina there is not an effort combined for the recycling of e -waste. For example,
it is considered that 60% of this kind of waste is discarded at garbage dump and/or
accumulates in company storages and homes, unprocessed, and only 2% of the
electronic material is recovered and reused by organizations with social purposes.
The LATE UNITEC,laboratory of technical assistance to establishments of special
education carries out activities within a social project of University to generate a circuit
of reuse, revaluation and/or recycling of obsolete PCs discarded by different users. It is
doing within the framework of an educational and social program for refurbishment of
these obsolete equipment carried out by students of the Faculty ofEngineering of UNLP
and students of technical schools in the area, led by a multidisciplinary group of
professionals,

engineers

(electronics,

mechanical,

industrial,

etc),

computer,

pedagogues, special teachers, psychologists, social workers, designers in visual
communication, etc.
Although solutions should be looked for the integral management of waste resultant of
electric and electronicequipments that attend and promote the adoption of effective and
efficient rules, until this doesn't take place it is important to promote and to reply
actions like the mentioned above to generate conscience of the problem that the
Humanity will face in next years, that also generate an immediate benefit in
communities that lack these resourc es for the teaching-learning in the environment of
the SpecialEducational Needs.
This paper sets out the methodology of work used in the laboratory, through the
development of procedures and protocols under quality standards, and the
implementation of the skill education-based activities to convert the mentioned project
in an action that combine educational benefits for all parts and players involved and
social benefits to the community served.

2

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RESUMEN
En Argentina no existe aún un esfuerzo mancomunado para el reciclado de la basura
electrónica. Por ejemplo, se considera que un 60% es descartado en basurales y/o se
acumula en empresas y hogares sin procesar, y no llega al 2% el material electrónico
que

es

recuperado

y

reutilizado

por

organizaciones

con

fines

sociales.

El UNITEC LATE, Laboratorio deAsistencia Técnica a Establecimientos de Educación
realiza actividades dentro de un Proyecto de Extensión Universitaria para generar un
circuito de reutilización, revalorización y/o reciclado de PCs obsoletas descartadas por
diferentes usuarios. Lo hace en el marco de un Programa educativo/social de
reacondicionamiento de estos equipos obsoletos llevado adelante por alumnos de la
Facultad deIngeniería de la UNLP y alumnos secundarios de escuelas técnicas de la
zona, dirigidos por un grupo multidisciplinario de profesionales, ingenieros
(Electrónica, Mecánica, Industrial, etc.), informáticos, pedagogos, docentes especiales,
psicólogos,

trabajadores

sociales,

diseñadores

en

comunicación

visual,

etc.

Si bien deben buscarse soluciones para la gestión integral de los residuos de...