Essays on Electronic Waste

Landfills are a necessary evil that only deserves to be properly managed in order to avoid related problems. Human life will be more difficult without places they could dump their waste, especially given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) puts the rate of average dumping at 4.5 per person. Landfills are directly related to population, in that, as the population grows, landfills increase in number and size. Other than the fact that human beings are generally not willing to live near them, landfills are also very ugly and cause environmental problems. These problems occur through Leachate, Toxins, and Greenhouse ...

Printers are included in electronics, so while recycling such electronics several challenges are faces, such as difficulty of finding the markets for the plastics that are flame retarded, and managing hazardous materials like Cathode Ray Tube or CRT glass (Needhidasan, Samuel, and Chidambaram, 2014). However, CRT glass is also present in printers so it becomes difficult to recycle printers in an environmentally friendly manner. Most of the time recycling is carried out without any safety gear. The rate of production of electronic waste from recycling is increasing 10 percent each year (Rankin, 2011). The developed countries are exporting recycled ...

In the recycling stage of printers, pollution results in the form of emission and waste that negatively impact land and water by contaminating them. There are several legislations such as Waste Management Law 1970, which was amended in the years 1991, 1992, and 1994, the Law of Promotion of Use of Recycle Waste or Recycling Promotion Law 1991, etc have emphasized on disposal and recycling stages in the life cycle (Goldman, 2013). But, as a matter of fact, these stages represent most evident environmental threats. During recycling, toxic effects associated with disassembling or melting of lead are produced (Sundaram, ...

The modern day society is technologically oriented, with virtually every activity being conducted with the help of various forms of technology. The implication is that the world has seen a massive rate of large-scale production of technology devices. Estimates point out that close to 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally (Lepawsky & Mcnabb, 2010). The developed countries are the primary producers of this waste, with the role of doing away with the waste left to the poorer developing countries. In the US and Canada for example, close to 80% of all electronic waste is exported to Asia and ...

Executive Summary

This document is a communication strategy plan for Consolidated Electronics (ConsoE). It is a supporting and governing document that will assist in increasing the company’s visibility, profitability, and customer base. The Consolidated Electronics Strategic Communication Plan underpins the firm’s vision, values, and goals that guide the company’s strategy. The company aims at increasing profits to $175 from $125 million by boosting the worker’s morale and creating a positive public image of the enterprise in Denver and other customer bases. Educating and inspiring new employees from newly acquired entities to take up ConsoE’s vision and ...

Electronic waste

Electronic waste is a general term used to refer to electronic products nearing their end of life cycle. These products comprise a wide array of devices. They include computers, laptops, television sets, VCR, stereos, fax machine and much more. However, there is some confusion regarding the proper definition of electronic waste. According to some people, devices such as old fridges, electric cookers, and microwaves do not comprise e-waste whereas, some consider these appliances as electronic wastes. When the devices and tools get discarded, individual components within them cause harm to both human health and the environment. These components include ...

The modern day society is technologically oriented, with virtually every activity being conducted with the help of various forms of technology. The implication is that the world has seen a massive rate of large-scale production of technology devices. Estimates point out that close to 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally (Lepawsky & Mcnabb, 2010). The developed countries are the primary producers of this waste, with the role of doing away with the waste left to the poorer developing countries. In the US and Canada for example, close to 80% of all electronic waste is exported to Asia and ...

Introduction

Today the world is grappling with several ecological crisis; the effects of Global warming, the degradation of the Tropical Rainforests in South America, the environmental pollution of Oil Sands development in the Canadian Boreal, and the ecological threats from Nuclear accidents exemplified by the recent Fukushima incident. However, the least talked about is Waste management, particularly the problems of Electronic waste, often referred to as e-waste. Not only is the e-waste crisis a massive problem in most developed economies, but it is also quickly becoming a global crisis affecting even to a greater extent the least technologically advanced nations. ...

Abstract

Electronic waste is a growing global problem and as the demand and supply of electronic products grow, so does the–e- waste. Consumerism is on a steady rise, and people want new mobiles and computers every few months. That means more and more landfills and incinerators to take care of discarded and obsoleted electronics and potentially seeping of toxic substances like lead and mercury into groundwater. This can lead to serious health hazards and create toxic footprints. The essay looks at new developing technologies for the recycling of computers and creates a report on the basis of the quadruple ...