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‘E – Waste’ …

‘E – Waste’ …. What can WE do about it ?. ‘E-waste’ is a product of development. The richer we get, the more technology we use … and the more we throw away. But where does it go? Where does NIST’s ‘e-waste’ go? And … what are we going to do about it? .

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‘E – Waste’ …

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  1. ‘E – Waste’ … What can WE do about it?

  2. ‘E-waste’ is a product of development. The richer we get, the more technology we use … and the more we throw away. But where does it go? Where does NIST’s ‘e-waste’ go? And … what are we going to do about it?

  3. The problem with ‘e-waste ‘ is that it is made of many different metals and plastics . Some of them are dangerous, and it is difficult to dump. What's more, we are throwing away more and more ‘e-waste’ as we want the latest computers, TVs or mobile phones. It is often easier to buy a new model than mend or upgrade an old one. Parts of China are becoming electronic junkyards for the ‘e-waste’ of richer countries. The USA exports half of its ‘e-waste’ to Asia. To make it worse, China, Thailand and other rapidly developing countries in Asia are now generating ‘e-waste’ of their own.

  4. 'E-Waste' is a big industry in Guangdong province, China. 100,000 people earn less than $1 a day breaking up old computers and electrical appliances.

  5. The work is dangerous. People burn plastics and wires to reduce the waste to metals, but they do not have protective clothing. Poisonous chemicals and metals like lead are escaping into the ground. Water here is now too dangerous to drink - in the Lianjiang river pollution levels are 190 times above the safety limit!

  6. Watch this clip from Guangdong province. Think about what it’s got to do with us …

  7. Questions … How would you feel if there was an ‘e-waste’ dump near your house? Do you think it's OK to send ‘e-waste’ to other countries like China, or should it be dumped where it is produced? Better still, how can we REDUCE the amount of ‘e-waste’ that we create?

  8. Now … 1.Choose a campaign style 2. Get informed!

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