EWASTE

BEING ECOFRIENDLY:

• E-Waste Management (Einbetten)
• Watch this video about eWaste, then write in your notebook its meaning, causes, consequences and possible solutions.
• You guys have 15 minutes!

eWaste: CAUSES

• Sometimes fixing a broken device is more expensive than buying a new one, so we trash the broken device.
• Companies are developing new devices faster, because of Capitalism
• Electronic devices include toxic chemicals and parts which take several years to degrade, wasting natural resources.
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eWASTE: WHAT IS IT?

eWASTE: CONSEQUENCES

• A lot of trash is being accumulated
• Electronic devices and their parts take several years for degrading. Some of them never degrade.
• Mountains of eWaste are being shipped to China and India
• Families there are being destroyed because of eWaste, since they are breathing the smoke which is produced when people burn ewaste parts.
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ewaste: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

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• Recycle centers collect electronic waste. They reuse what can be used again, reducing trash and taking care of environment