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Sheila Rener

EBSCOhost: E-cycle, Reboot, Reuse - 1 views

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Sheila Rener

ScienceDirect - Journal of Environmental Management : How much e-waste is there in US b... - 1 views

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shared by Sheila Rener on 27 Sep 09 - No Cached
  • states (AK, CA, CT, MA, MA, MN, NC, NH, NJ, OR, RI) have passed bans on landfilling CRTs, and in some cases, other electronic items
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • numerous local laws also regulate e-waste disposal
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  • As electronic products have gained in popularity, many households have stockpiled e-waste because they do not know how to safely and conveniently dispose of it.
  • size is still quite uncertain.
  • personal computers, refrigerators, and telephones
  • 121.9 million CRTs were in storage nationwide
  • It finds that, in 2005, more than 77 million pounds of lead from e-waste were landfilled, 2.2 million pounds were incinerated, and only 15.4 million pounds were recycled.
  • In 2005, it estimates that 121.9 million CRTs were in storage nationwide
  • US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
  • it calculates that Floridian households have approximately 3.35 million CRTs in storage.
  • 2003 study
  • each US household has, on average, 4.1 small and 2.4 large e-waste items in storage
  • we relied on a narrow definition of e-waste that excludes large appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines
  • there are at least 470 million small and 277 million large e-waste items stored by US households, for a total exceeding 747 million items
  • the whole country indicates that there are at least 470 million small and 277 million large e-waste items stored by US households, for a total exceeding 747 million items
  • This suggests that the backlog of e-waste in the US may be much larger than generally believed.
  • it is necessary to deal with the backlog of accumulated e-waste by developing the recycling infrastructure, publicizing information about how to recycle e-waste, and organizing staggered recycling campaigns for selected types of e-waste products (such as printers, for example) to avoid recycling overloads
  • incentive to design products that are easier to recycle and maybe even “green” electronics products that do not need special treatment at the end of their useful life
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      Sheila Rener on 27 Sep 09
       
      solutions to help relieve the e-waste problem
  • Finally, it would be of interest to understand how many large, older appliances such a refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners are in storage, not only because of their potential contribution to e-waste but also because they likely use a lot more power than recent models
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Sheila Rener

Sooooooooooooo... That thesis thing... - 6 views

We're making our own thesis for each topic. Then we're combining each individual thesis to form a group thesis ...i think.... Christian Clark wrote: > Are we combining our topics so that we can fo...

started by Christian Clark on 23 Sep 09 1 follow-up, last by Sheila Rener on 23 Sep 09
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