The New Hazardous Waste: Electronic Waste Technology has opened human existence to greater ideas and knowledge than we ever thought was possible. Technological advances in everything from medicine to the distribution of information have made for a better and more convenient life. Computers and the use of the internet has created a global network in which people half-way across the globe from each other can communicate and share information instantaneously. In 1965 Gordon Moore,…

innovation, we often find ourselves consistently “upgrading” our older electronics and replacing them with the latest, current technology, sometimes as often as every 6 months to a year. This pattern of replacement, combined with increased global demand and growing markets in developing countries, has created a new environmental health problem that continues to grow at an exponential rate: the generation of electronic waste, or e-waste. According to a 2014 report by the United Nations University – Institute…

Solid waste management Appendix: 1. Introduction 2. Solid waste management methods 3. Landfill and recycling of organics 4. Hazardous waste handling 5. Solid waste management in UAE and worldwide 6. Conclusion (effective waste management impacts) Solid waste management Introduction: Waste is a product of life, specifically human life in the modern times as it has proven to apply the greatest impact on earth among all other life-forms. In the pre-modern period wast…

KEY ISSUE: Electronic waste (aka: E-Waste) produced by affluent countries ends up in developing countries, where it poisons the local environment and people. 41.5 million tons of e-waste was generated in 2011, and 93.5 million tons is expected to be generated per year by 2016 (Bonnington 2014). Many companies claim to have the environment in mind by designing products that use less energy or have eco-friendly packaging (Bonnington 2014). However, those green initiatives aren’t worth boasting about…

Purpose “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” has been the mantra of administrations and environmentalists since the early 1970’s and is as relevant now as it was then. Household recycling behaviors have become a common strategy for the diversion of municipal solid waste (MSW) from landfills and energy recovery plants (ERP). Although many, if not most, residences engage in at least some recycling behaviors significant amounts of trash reaching landfills and ERPs could have been recycled. There exists a wealth…

policies revolving around the management of solid waste have been put in place. Sometimes however, a particular policy can have its shortfalls, potentially resulting in its negative aspects outweighing the positive ones. According to the Conference Board of Canada Report, “Canadians dispose of more municipal solid waste per capita than any other country” (2013). Solid waste management in particular, involves many aspects, ranging from packaging waste, food waste, etc. (White & Franke 1999), hence, the…

the lives of the people and the use of such innovations. In this regard, electronic waste commonly referred to as “e-waste” is one of the biggest challenges facing people all over the world for the production of the electrical and electronic equipment has been growing rapidly in the past decades. Therefore, the rise in demand for this equipment and the high obsolete rate has made e-waste of the fastest growing source of waste. For this reason, experts have come out to suggest various methods that…

Background: Electronic waste is a growing international problem that is affecting millions of people in developing countries. The United States is the biggest culprit exporting old, obsolete, and broken electronics to developing countries. One problem with the electronic recycling program in the United States is often, when people drop off their old electronics to companies for recycling, many companies find it more cost effective to transport the waste for money, sending it to third world countries…

Introduction: Did you know that electronic items are the most interesting recent day? They like to have the newest products from different companies that they addicted to such as Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Sony…..etc. But, do you know that 40 million of e-waste produced each years are mostly from developing country , The UNEP says that e-waste cause lots of problem to undeveloped country and has an impact on their life and environment. (McAllister,2013). Consumers like to have the newest product…

Introduction: One of the fastest growing solid waste in USA and the world is used electronic equipment. With everyday growth in electronic technology and its wide use in the industry, our everyday life gets easier. This day to day use of technological equipment like cell phones, GPS, CRT or even batteries has made our lives very dependent on the need for fast growth of technology and new designs. These new designs and the fast growth is the cause of early obsolescence for electronic devices. Usually Excess…