Recycling Electronic Waste Catherine Ugo (MPH) Walden University PUBH 6165

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Recycling Electronic WasteCatherine
Ugo (MPH)Walden UniversityPUBH 6165
5Instructor Dr. Robert MarinoWinter Qtr, 2013
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By the end of The Presentation, you will be able
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• 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

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• 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/recycl
e/options/e-waste.htm
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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)832-33
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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/materia
ls/ecycling/manage.htm
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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
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Some Hazardous Components of E-Waste and Effects
on Humans
Name Use Location Effects on Humans
Lead Metal joining, Spray Painting, Foundry work, Battery component e.t.c Cathode ray tubes (CRT), Batteries, PVC Cables, Paints Renal Toxicity, Anemia, Colic, Insomnia, Seizures coma in children
Mercury Lightening components for flat screen display units Switches and relays Battery Components Batteries, Housing Medical Equipment Renal Toxicity, Muscle tumors, Mental retardation, Cerebral palsy
Arsenic Doping Agents Transistors Cancer of skin, lungs, liver
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Some Hazardous Components of E-Waste and Effects
on Humans Contd.
Name Use Location Effects on Humans
Toner Printing Printers Respiratory tract irritation
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Insulating fluids, Flame retardant, Transformer oils PVC polymer, Paints, Printing inks, Electrical transformers capacitors Suppression of immune system Damage to the liver, nervous and reproductive systems
(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
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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/
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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/pol
lutants/stationary/wid/legislation.htm
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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?TID94TPID11753 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
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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)

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Implement Proper E-waste Disposal
One Mans Junk is Another Mans Treasure (Anon.)
Google images, (2013)
Google. Com. (2013). Google images. Retrieved
January 18, 2013 from www.google.com/images
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Thank You for your time! ! !
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References

• Cannavina, A. (2010). Pollutions and Poisons and
  Hazards, Oh My! Disposing of old Technology. GP
  Solo. (27)832-33
• Contra costa County California. (n.d). E-waste
  Image. Retrieved January 18, 2013 from
  http//www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/cd/recycl
  e/options/e-waste.htm
• European Commission. (2012). The Waste
  Incineration Directive. Retrieved January 17,
  2013 from http//ec.europa.eu/environment/air/po
  llutants/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/w
  ebpage.cfm?TID94TPID11753

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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/recywrks
  1.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/material
  s/ecycling/manage.htm

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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.

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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/material
  s/ecycling/index.htm