Electronic waste

The excitement of the residents of the Love Canal has not lasted too long. More terrible news ensued. People living far away from the pollution center were beginning to worry about their own safety. In November 1978, more than 200 compounds were found in the landfill site of which about 200 tons contained hazardous dioxin Dioxin [2, 3, 7, and 8 tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin (TCDD)], a highly toxic carcinogen. The identification of dioxins made the inhabitant extremely panic (Philips et al., 2007)…

the light reflection of material surface and has been used to separate glass of different colours. The colorless glass and colored glass contained in the waste glass should be separated according to various colors. Electric separation is a method using different electrical properties of components in high voltage electric field to separate wastes. This technology is mainly used in developed countries, but rare in underdeveloped or developing countries. Electrostatic separation technology depends…

tons of paint containing lead, cadmium, organotins, arsenic, zinc and chromium. Ships also contain a wide range of other hazardous wastes, sealants containing PCBs, up to 7.5 tons of various types of asbestos and; several thousand liters of oil. Tankers additionally hold up to 1,000 cubic meters of residual oil. Most of these materials have been defined as hazardous waste. Bellow we try to give an idea of the severity of the problem by describing…

Rhetorical Analysis: More Green from Your Green Building One thing most people can agree on is that we as a planet need to improve our sustainability and hopefully save money in doing so. People often think about carbon dioxide omissions or melting ice caps but one of the most useful ways to improve is by focusing on the buildings in which we live! While having a code to keep us safe is helpful for people, having a green construction code can help the Earth. Benefits apply to almost everyone…

DISADVANTAGES The main disadvantage of having a detached garage is when you really use it for parking your vehicles and you have to get to them or get out of them during inclement weather. You have to walk your way through the heat or cold, depending on the season, from your house into the garage or vice versa. If you are using your garage as an additional storage place, this also means that the items you kept are farther away from you when you need them. It would also be a bit inconvenient…

the score, one fast look at the pictogram will be enough to have a general information about the environmental impact of a procedure. However, the drawbacks of this method are non-consideration of the amount of chemicals used in the analysis and the waste generated (qualitative rather than quantitative analysis) and the obtained information is general. In addition, the search of each chemical used in the procedure in official lists is inconvenient and time wasting [155 - 157]. An improvement to…

Recently, the New York Times published an article that left people both stunned and amused and unlike some of their articles it dealt with...trash. Apparently, more than one hundred and eleven million dollars have been spent and invested in the recycling industry. Now why would someone spend one hundred and eleven million dollars on the recycling industry one may ask, the answer is simple... economy benefits. Recycling can lower capital cost, make us use 80 to 90 percent less energy, lower our…

welding Welding the process to make, unite or fuse two or more pieces of metal as one. Welding uses electrons to heat metal to its boiling point in which it cools and bonds. Welding has been around since the egyptians they used it to make their tools to make the famous pyramids. In 1800 sir humphrey davy made a tool that was battery operated that was made just for welding. Today sir humphreys tool has been modified and made into as we know today as the arc welder. Welding is more of an art…

The two sides of the never ending battle between the pros and cons of bottled water and tap water takes a new victim with every statistic, but the fact of the matter is tap water takes the metaphorical cake in every instance. Not only does the regulation of tap water help the economy by making state sponsored jobs,and costing considerably less, but tap water is also better for the environment with no plastic bottles rotting away in landfills. The constant regulation of tap water also makes it…

the EPA system averages out that 75% of the American waste stream of garbage is only 30% recycled which isn’t even half of it. Therefore ISA should go green and have recycle bins which then the recycled items will be processed to a recycling company. One of the reasons recycling should be mandatory is because it will protect wildlife from decreasing the risk of killing an animal from lake to sea, or from forest to rivers. The amount of waste found on land will decrease which will…