THE PROBLEM OF ELECTRONIC WASTE

 

Electronic waste and what to do about it are two of the most important problems facing humanity as valuable resources are wasted and depleted and the natural world is slowly poisoned. Do your research to find out where your discarded iphone or tablet ends up and what effects it has on the environment. When you are ready, use your notes to describe the problem and suggest solutions.

Animation

·         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ixtgA9uMs

The nature of the problem

·          What is e-waste? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmraERa1WQE

·         E-waste problem: overview  http://www.electronicstakeback.com/resources/problem-overview/   

Reading material to make notes on

·         Can we fix our way out of the growing e-waste problem?  https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51385344

·         The growing problem of e-waste

 https://rethink.ft.com/articles/growing-problem-ewaste

·         E-waste: a global hazard  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214999614003208       

Videos to take notes from

·         Electronic waste and the threat to resource security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiahTEGJMAI

·         Putting an end to electronic waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R1a8J1pmYQ

·         Greening our electronic waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JYZDfmkVL4

·         New e-waste report features evidence from the Royal Society of Chemistry  https://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2020/nov/e-waste-report/