News Sources: Instructions to prevent the use of electronic waste containers until further notice.

Sources reported that the Ministry of Trade and Investment and the Saudi Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality had asked stores and markets to stop the use of electronic waste containers until a decision was reached. scientist.

She explained, according to the "city", that the directive provided for the suspension of the use of electronic containers until the completion of a working group on specifications and standards charged to study technical records and a mechanism for the application of safety requirements and meet these requirements during the installation and operation of all parties involved.

Sources have linked this directive to the death of a child after his neck was tied to a container of electronic waste in a mall in Medina less than three years ago.