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E-Waste-An important global Environmental and Health Issue

Discover the impact of electronic waste on the environment and human health. Learn about e-waste types, management practices, and solutions to reduce, recycle, and responsibly dispose of old electronics. Explore the case of Dell's environmentally responsible initiatives. Take action to address the growing e-waste problem worldwide.

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E-Waste-An important global Environmental and Health Issue

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  1. E-Waste-An important global Environmental and Health Issue Shuying Wu ITS 360

  2. What is E-WASTE? Types Of E-WASTE • E-Waste is an abbreviation of the term electronic waste. It is a waste of electronics/ electrical goods that have reached their end of life. • Tele communication waste (Mobile phone/ PC and TV) • Electrical waste (Switches/ Wires/ Relays) • Electronic wastes (Printed circuit boards/ IC/ Socket connectors)

  3. Case Overview • Definition: E-waste describes discarded electronic and IT devices destined for reuse, resale, salvage, recycling, or disposal. • E- Waste direction: Between 50 percent and 80 percent of the world’s e-waste is shipped to sites in China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. • The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency the authority to control hazardous waste, including the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of such waste. • Introduced United States, the largest generator of e-waste worldwide, is the only industrialized nation that has not yet ratified the Basal Convention. • Taking Dell as an example, which has became the first in the IT industry to ban the export of nonworking electronics and e-waste to developing countries by its employees and business partners. Dell have strong reputations for social and environmental responsibility

  4. Problem Statement

  5. E-Waste generated by different countries Source: E-Waste Management in India- Consumer Voice, April 2009

  6. Solutions for E-Waste • Reducing is the first step and is really quite basic: reduce the amount of technology you intake as well as what you are planning to outtake. • Designing better products, which are safer, more durable, repairable and recyclable. • The right to repair and be able to reuse the products. • Better recycling

  7. What Can We Do About the Growing E-waste Problem?

  8. Outcomes of the case

  9. E-waste: How big of a problem is electronic waste? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyIpG7UJKyI

  10. E-Waste is not only a problem in America, but globally. Unwanted electronics from first world countries are often donated to third world countries in Africa and Asia. We might not noticed about the effects of E-Waste and not realize how seriously it is. However, its influences are global and serious. E-Waste around the World

  11. Bibliography • DIT. Environmental management for Information Technology industry in India, Department of Information Technology, Government of India, 122-124 (2003) • “What Can We Do About the Growing E-Waste Problem?” State of the Planet, 27 Aug. 2018, http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/08/27/growing-e-waste-problem/. • Reynolds, George Walter. Ethics in Information Technology. Cengage, 2019. • “Case Study.” E, http://e-wastemanaging.weebly.com/case-study.html. • N.A. "E-waste Recycling." E-Waste Recycling & Toner Recycling. SITA, n.d. Web. 13 June 2013. http://www.sita.com.au/commercial-solutions/resource-recovery-recycling/e-waste-recycling/. • Australia. N.A. Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. LivingGreener.gov.au. By N.A. Australian Government, n.d. Web. 13 June 2013. http://www.livinggreener.gov.au/waste/reducing-waste/manage-e-waste. • Mok, Kimberley. "E-waste In India: A Growing Industry & Environmental Threat."TreeHugger. TreeHugger, 9 Oct. 2007. Web. 13 June 2013. http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/e-waste-in-india-a-growing-industry-environmental-threat.html.

  12. Thank you! Reduce E-Waste. Live Your lives clean and green.

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