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e -Waste. Bill Bardin MANE 6960 – Solid and Hazardous Waste Prevention and Control Engineering Professor Gutierrez- Miravete RPI - Hartford Spring 2014. Here and Now. Connecticut passed e-Waste handling and disposal laws in 2007.

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  1. e-Waste Bill Bardin MANE 6960 – Solid and Hazardous Waste Prevention and Control Engineering Professor Gutierrez-Miravete RPI - Hartford Spring 2014

  2. Here and Now • Connecticut passed e-Waste handling and disposal laws in 2007. • CT Requires manufacturers to register and pay a fee to sell electronics in the state. • They also maintain a list of Non-Compliant Electronics manufacturers. • Connecticut e-Waste disposal ban only covers: • Televisions • CRT’s • Desktops • Laptops • Monitors

  3. Laws? Maybe • Laws vary widely from state to state, from widely encompassing laws to none.

  4. US e-Waste Statistics

  5. Contaminates in e-Waste • Lead (Pb) • Cadmium (Cd) • Mercury (Hg) • Hexavalent Chromium (Cr) • Poly Vinyl Chlorides (PVC) • Brominated Flame Retardants • Nickel (Ni) • Beryllium (Br)

  6. Trash or Treasure? • Palladium – 13% • Cobalt – 15% • Gold – 3% • Silver – 3% • The above numbers represent the percentage of world production that goes into electronics manufacturing. • As few as 41 discarded cell phones can yield 1 gram of gold. (Au = $41.47 on 04.21.14)(Production = ~$1,000 per ounce) • Other valuable components: Aluminum, copper, nickel and platinum.

  7. HP Ranked #1 by Greenpeace! • Recycling and sustainability efforts by Hewlett-Packard has garnered them the number one spot in Greenpeace’s ranking of Green Electronics Companies. • Also highly ranked by Greenpeace: • Nokia • Acer • Dell • Apple • Samsung

  8. Not in MY Backyard! • Only 25% of e-Waste gets recycled. • The other 75% goes, somewhere. • The EU requires manufacturers to take back electronic products and either repair, reuse, or recycle. • In spite of strict EU regulations, large amounts of e-Waste still end up in third world countries. • These wastes contribute to an ever growing environmental, health and social catastrophe that may have a long lasting effect on the world’s environment.

  9. Playground for the Poor?

  10. Thank You …………….

  11. Bibliography • Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. (2014, 02 07). Connecticut DEEP's List of Compliant Electronics Manufacturers. Retrieved 03 22, 2014, from http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/e-waste/ewastemfgcomplist.pdf • Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. (2014, 02 19). Connecticut's Electronics Recycling Law. Retrieved 03 22, 2014, from Department of Energy & Environmental Protection: http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=397482 • Electronics Takeback Coalition. (2012). E-Waste in Landfills. Retrieved 04 18, 2014, from http://www.electronicstakeback.com/designed-for-the-dump/e-waste-in-landfills/ • Electronics TakebackCoallition. (n.d.). Responsible Recycling vs Global Dumping. Retrieved 03 22, 2014, from http://www.electronicstakeback.com/global-e-waste-dumping/ • Greenpeace International. (2012, 11). Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics. Retrieved 03 22, 2014, from Greenpeace International: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up/ • Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (2014). Reuse & Recycling at HP. Retrieved 03 22, 2014, from http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-information/environment/recycling-reuse.html#.UzM7YNyG7fM • Smith, S. Z. (2012, 06 26). Where Trash Meets Treasure: E-Waste Recycling For Precious Metals. Retrieved 04 18, 2014, from Recyclebank: https://livegreen.recyclebank.com/where-trash-meets-treasure-e-waste-recycling-precious-metals • Sustainable Electronics Initiative. (n.d.). US State & Local Legislation. (U. o. Urbana-Champaign, Producer) Retrieved 03 22, 2014, from http://www.sustainelectronics.illinois.edu/policy/state.cfm • United Nations Environment Programme. (n.d.). Environment and E-Waste in India. Retrieved 04 18, 2014, from http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Home/Business/SectoralActivities/ICT/ProjectsActivities/EnvironmentandEWasteinIndia/tabid/101142/Default.aspx • US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. (2011). Electronic Waste Management in the United States Through 2009. US EPA.

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