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Recycling Electronic Waste Catherine Ugo (MPH) Walden University PUBH 6165 – 5 Instructor: Dr. Robert Marino Winter Qtr, 2013. By the end of The Presentation, you will be able to:. Understand what Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Means Identify Hazards of Improper E-Waste Disposal

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  1. Recycling Electronic WasteCatherine Ugo (MPH)Walden UniversityPUBH 6165 – 5Instructor: Dr. Robert MarinoWinter Qtr, 2013

  2. By the end of The Presentation, you will be able to: • Understand what Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Means • Identify Hazards of Improper E-Waste Disposal • Know the avenues for Disposing E-Waste • Identify Benefits of Recycling E-Waste • Implement Proper E-Waste Disposal

  3. E-Waste: What is it? • Any used or obsolete electric device found in offices or homes. Source: Contra costa County, (n.d) Contra costa County California. (n.d). E-waste Image. Retrieved January 18, 2013 from http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/cd/recycle/options/e-waste.htm

  4. Why so much ado about E-Waste? • 29.9 million desktop computers and 12 million laptops were discarded in 2007 according to the Environmental Protection Agency • Of this figure, the United States generated some 3.01 million tons of e-waste that year, and only 410,000 tons(13.6%) of this amount were recycled (Cannavina, 2010). Cannavina, A. (2010). Pollutions and Poisons and Hazards, Oh My! Disposing of old Technology. GP Solo. (27)8:32-33

  5. Why so much ado about E-Waste? In 2009: • 438 million new consumer electronics were sold; • 5 million tons of electronics were in storage; • 2.37 million tons of electronics were ready for end-of-life management; and • 25% of these tons were collected for recycling (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2012). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2012). Statistics on the Management of Used and End-of-Life Electronics. Retrieved January 16, 2013 from http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/manage.htm

  6. E-Waste in the Office and Home Office • Hospital • PC • Monitors • ECG Device • Microscope • Incubator e.t.c • Government • PC • CPU • Fax Machine • Xerox Machine • Scanner e.t.c • Private Sectors (e.g. Manufacturers, Restaurants) • PC • Boiler • Mixer • Signal Generator e.t.c Home: Microwave, Television, Radio, Fan, Cell Phones e.t.c

  7. Some Hazardous Components of E-Waste and Effects on Humans

  8. Some Hazardous Components of E-Waste and Effects on Humans Contd. (Shen, Huang, Wang, Qiao, Tang et al., 2008) Shen, C., Huang, S., Wang, A., Qiao, M., Tang, X., Yu,C. . . . . Chen, Y. (2008). Identification of ah receptor agonists in soil of E-waste recycling sites from Taizhou area in China. Environmental Science and Technology. (42)1: 49 - 55

  9. Avenues for Disposing E-waste Landfills Burying of waste in the ground and covering with soil Source: FedCenter.gov, (2010) FedCenter.gov. (2010). Asbestos Landfills. Retrieved January 14, 2013 from http://www.fedcenter.gov/assistance/facilitytour/landfills/asbestos/

  10. Avenues for Disposing E-waste Contd. Incineration Conversion of waste to carbon-dioxide, water vapor & ash via burning Source: European Commission, (2012) European Commission. (2012). The Waste Incineration Directive. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/pollutants/stationary/wid/legislation.htm

  11. Avenues for Disposing E-waste Contd. Recycling and Reuse “separation and collection of materials for processing and remanufacturing into new products, and the use of the products to complete the cycle” (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2009). Mendham.org , (2009). Mendham.org. (2009). Department of Public Works Electronics (E-waste). Retrieved January 18, 2013 from http://www.mendhamnj.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=94&TPID=11753 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. (2009). Recycling Works! Retrieved January 18, 2013 from http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/Recycle/Recywrks/recywrks1.htm

  12. Benefits of Recycling E-waste • Asset Recovery • Reduction of need for Landfills • Reduction of Junks and Clutters • Resale and Reuse • Creation of Jobs (K. Novicky, personal communication, January 14, 2013)

  13. Implement Proper E-waste Disposal “One Man’s Junk is Another Man’s Treasure” (Anon.) Google images, (2013) Google. Com. (2013). Google images. Retrieved January 18, 2013 from www.google.com/images

  14. Thank You for your time! ! !

  15. References Cannavina, A. (2010). Pollutions and Poisons and Hazards, Oh My! Disposing of old Technology. GP Solo. (27)8:32-33 Contra costa County California. (n.d). E-waste Image. Retrieved January 18, 2013 from http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/cd/recycle/options/e-waste.htm European Commission. (2012). The Waste Incineration Directive. Retrieved January 17, 2013 from http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/pollutants/stationary/wid/legislation.htm FedCenter.gov. (2010). Asbestos Landfills. Retrieved January 14, 2013 from http://www.fedcenter.gov/assistance/facilitytour/landfills/asbestos Google. Com. (2013). Google images. Retrieved January 18, 2013 from www.google.com/images Mendham.org. (2009). Department of Public Works Electronics (E-waste). Retrieved January 18, 2013 from http://www.mendhamnj.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=94&TPID=11753

  16. References Contd. Shen, C., Huang, S., Wang, A., Qiao, M., Tang, X., Yu,C. . . . . Chen, Y. (2008). Identification of ah receptor agonists in soil of E-waste recycling sites from Taizhou area in China. Environmental Science and Technology. (42)1: 49 - 55 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. (2009). Recycling Works! Retrieved January 18, 2013 from http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/Recycle/Recywrks/recywrks1.htm U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2012). Statistics on the Management of Used and End-of-Life Electronics. Retrieved January 16, 2013 from http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/ecycling/manage.htm

  17. For Further Readings Chandler, J. (1997). Municipal solid waste incinerator residues. 466, Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives/Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (no date). Retrieved from http://www.no-burn.org/about Hattemer-Frey, H. (1991). Health Effects of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration. CRC Press. Danvers, MA. Jeng-Chung, C., Wei-Hsin, C., Ni-Bin, C., Eric, D., & Cheng-Hsien, , T. (2005). Interactive analysis of waste recycling and energy recovery program in a small-scale incinerator. Journal of The Air & Waste Management Association,55(9), 1356-1366. National Research Council. (2000). "Regulation Related to Waste Incineration." Waste Incineration and Public Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

  18. For Further Readings Contd U.S Environmental Protection Agency. (2012). Wastes - Resource Conservation - Common Wastes & Materials – eCycling. Retrieved January 16, 2013 from http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/materials/ecycling/index.htm

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