Waste Of Electronic Waste

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

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,

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

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

of electronic waste is a highly politicized and complex issue which highlights the conflicts and tensions between jobs and the environment. There are debates surrounding governance decisions and global economic linkages which approach the disposal of e-waste from two different stand points. One view is that the first world is making an unethical political decision to send its e-waste problem to pollution havens i.e. third-world countries with less stringent environmental standards. Electronic goods

Don’t Be Haste to E-Waste Electronic-waste (e-waste) has emerged as a critical global environmental health issue in both developed and developing nations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refers to e-waste as "electronic products that are discarded by consumers." More specifically, e-waste is a generic term that encompasses various forms of electrical and electronic equipment that may be old, might have reached end-of-life and most importantly cease to be of any value to their present owners

products are called E-waste. E-waste or electronic waste is referred to any kind of electronic device that have been discarded or devices that have been thrown away. They are also known as one of the fastest and great contributor to garbage streams that greatly impacts the planet due to its hazardous effects on both the environment and living creatures. Where does e-waste come from? Technology has become a necessity in the daily lives of consumers. Thanks to industries, these electronic products (technologies)

Electronic waste comes in many different forms such as old computers, old cell phones, broken household equipment and machinery, and much more. The main categories for electronic waste or “e-waste” are ICT and telecommunications equipment, office electronics, large and small household appliances, consumer equipment, leisure equipment, lighting, medical equipment, automatic dispensers, monitoring and control instruments, and batteries (ayubmacharia.com). From these different types of e-waste, there

solid and hazardous waste, water supply and resources, water pollution, climate change, indoor and outdoor air pollution, food production, soil erosion and pesticide use, population growth, nonrenewable resources and energy, renewable energy and energy efficiency, sustainability and biodiversity. During this coursework there were many important issues I was not aware of that are affecting our plant every day. Electronic waste (e-waste) is the fastest growing form of solid waste. Most of the world’s

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 of electronic devices is