Electronic waste

efficient with our food waste is a big issue in America. Many tons and pounds of food are wasted every day, these food that are being thrown out are not being disposed effectively. Each time a piece of food is thrown in the trash as well as resources in that food that could be used better making more food. Most don’t realize what they are throwing away when they don’t feel like finishing their meal. Food waste in America is one the largest contributors in landfills. The food waste that ends up…

well as plant and animals. Threats to the environment come from two sources, pollution and resource depletion. Pollutions can be refers as the undesirable and unintended contamination of the environment by human activities, such as manufacturing, waste disposal, burning fossil, etc. Resources depletion refers to the consumption of finite or scarce. On the other hand, resources depletion refers to the consumption of finite or scarce resources. In a certain sense, pollution is really a type of…

“Our E-Waste Problem Is Ridiculous, and Gadget Makers Aren’t Helping” that e-waste is a growing concern in today’s environment due to the recycling process and its problems and challenges, however it is possible to design recyclable products. E-waste recycling is to reuse and reprocess electrical of any type that has been discarded or regarded as outdated. Used electronics which are not able to be reused, resold, salvaged, recycled or disposed are all are considered e-waste. The electronics…

with how e-waste is being disposed of. The film talked about how the Chinese government didn’t want to show them what they were doing, because they knew it was wrong and didn’t want people to know it was happening. The film also talked about the living conditions these people lived in, the water was so bad that their drinking water had to be brought in, and these people has high miscarriage rates. This is and environmental problems, because it shows we are producing large amounts of e-waste and…

In “Our E-Waste Problem is Ridiculous, and Gadget Makers Aren’t Helping”, Cristina Bonnington discussed the electronic waste problems that are happening around the world related to recycling and how manufacturers can help solve the problem. Many people around the world upgrade their phones frequently. When people upgrade their phones, they usually dispose of their previous phones improperly, by doing so they are harming the earth unknowingly. Many gadget makers are trying to lower the amount of…

2. What types of things could you do to limit your waste stream? List ten. "If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production." (Pete Seeger) This quote is right to the point of if products should be made or not. Recycling is a huge problem in the world today there are so many problems with landfills and technology being thrown out or shipped out of the country illegally.…

Annie Leonard’s, “The Story of Stuff: Electronics”, she offers her views on the environmental impacts of electronics and how to resolve it. Her main points that she focuses on in her essay are that electronics are “designed for the dump”, they are made of toxic materials, and that companies should be responsible for their electronic waste. In response to Leonard’s essay, all of her key ideas are valid and explain the issues around the problem that electronics are negatively impacting the…

effects of pollution through automobiles, and the preservation of energy through more effect energy appliances. It is our responsibility as a society to improve our environment and eliminate as many harmful wastes as we can. “Americans generate about 250 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW), or household trash, annually. This amount has nearly tripled since 1960, but the rate of growth has slowed in recent years” (Weeks par. 8). While some people do not agree with this, if more…

In the article “Out E-waste Problem Is Ridiculous, and Gadget Makers Aren’t Helping” by Christina Bonnington, she analyzed that there are a bulk of electronics in this world but as they continue to form new ones, the older electronics are getting thrown into recycling. The first topic the author clarifies how companies are generating new electronics but they are trying to find new ways to reduce the carbon footprint and the efficient packaging design. She wants to inform us that as they make new…

Some of the risks associated with burning municipal waste to produce electricity are: it will bring smoke into the air, and one incinerator factory costs 250 million dollars (Piper). Incinerators have benefits, they produce electricity, and they solve the waste management problem. They also have downsides, one of them is the costs for the incinerators, which is high, and that could cut into funding for other…