What is E-Waste and what we can do about it.

2.  E-Waste stands for electronic waste
◦ Discarded electronic devices
 Cellphones, computers, electronics

3.  Fastest growing solid waste
◦ Developed cities sell E-Waste to developing
countries to dispose
 China, India, and Africa
◦ Asia discards 12 million tonnes of E-waste per year
 E-Waste is often exporter to other countries
◦ They usually burn the waste
 Producing harmful chemicals that deteriorate the
environment

6.  Trashing E-Waste
◦ E-Waste sits in landfills
 Not biodegradable
 Burning E-Waste
◦ Pollutes the air
 Arsenic, Barium, CFCs, Lead, Mercury, Selenium,
Polychlorinated biphenyls, Chromium is relapsed
 Leads to Heart Disease

7.  Recycling
◦ Many Recycling depots take in electronics
◦ Some private business take E-Waste
 Donate
◦ E-Waste can be donated
◦ Thrift Shops
◦ Businesses

8.  A place to donate E-Waste
◦ Free Geek takes in old electronics
 From computers to fax machines, all sorts of
electronics
◦ They take apart the computer and salvage what
they can
◦ Salvaged parts are then used to build a computer
 Which is sold or donated
◦ All other parts are given to a recycler that is
certified to recycle it properly

9.  A place to volunteer
◦ Free Geek takes many volunteers
 To help receive, build, evaluation, and sell refurbished
computers
◦ Volunteers get benefits
 A free computer after 24 hours of volunteer service
 40% discount off their thrift store

10.  Donate E-Waste instead of trashing it
 Recycle E-Waste
 Donate E-Waste
◦ Free Geek
◦ Return it depot
 Volunteer at facilities that deal with E-Waste
◦ Free Geek
 Pass around this Power point!

11.  Volunteered at Free Geek
◦ Worked at taking apart E-Waste
 Posted Posters about E-Waste around my
community
 E-Mailed mayor Gregor Robertson on his view
about E-Waste
◦ Waiting for a reply