Group 10 Proposal E-waste is discarded electronic or electrical devices. E-waste contains valuable metals and contaminants. According to the EPA‚ only 16% of the total collected e-waste in the past decade in the US was recycled. The rest is directed to the local dumpsters where end-of-life electronics decompose midst the rest of the waste and release dangerous toxins that have an adverse impact on human health and the environment if not disposed improperly. The key interested parties in this environmental
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Electronic waste in Guiyu‚ China Introduction of the town: Guiyu is a town located in the Guangdong Province of southeast China. . The population consists of 200‚000 local residents and 200‚000 migrant workers living in the town. The town’s economy purely relied on agriculture before the late 80s. But after that‚ Guiyu has highly involved in e-waste recycling business. Not only myriads of farmers have abandoned agriculture and joined the recycling‚ but also migrant workers in other provinces
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(Bassis Luke). Proper garbage disposal is important to ensure everyone’s safety from possible health hazards. The improper waste disposal of garbage is a major sociological problem today due to its capability of contaminating the area in which we live and it’s potential to be lethal to all living things. Its effects increase the risk of adverse health effects in humans and animals‚ causes damage to eco-systems and accelerate the destruction of our environment. The more waste we generate‚ the more we have
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Electronic waste Electronic waste‚ e-waste‚ e-scrap‚ or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded‚ surplus‚ obsolete‚ or broken electrical or electronic devices. Informal processing of electronic waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems. Some electronic scrap components‚ such as CRTs‚ contain contaminants such as lead‚ cadmium‚ beryllium‚ mercury‚ and brominated flame retardants. Even in developed countries recycling and disposal of
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Fuel From Plastic Waste Introduction: Household items made of various kinds of plastic. Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic amorphous solid materials used in the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular mass‚ and may contain other substances to improve performance and/or reduce costs. Monomers of Plastic are either natural or synthetic organic compounds. The word is derived from the Greek
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The Concept of Wastes to Energy Using Sugary Wastes Fiza Sarwar‚ Wajeeha Malik‚ Muhammad Salman Ahmed‚ and Harja Shahid Fiza Sarwar Wajeeha M. M. Salman A. Abstract: This study was designed using actual effluent from the sugary mills in an Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactor to evaluate treatability performance. The reactor was started-up in step-wise loading rates beginning from 0.05kg carbon oxygen demand (COD)/m3-day to 3.50kg-COD/m3-day. The hydraulic retention time
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process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke‚ pre-consumer waste‚ and post-consumer waste.[1] Mill broke is paper trimmings and other paper scrap from the manufacture of paper‚ and is recycled internally in a paper mill. Pre-consumer waste is material which left the paper mill but was discarded before it was ready for consumer use. Post-consumer waste is material discarded
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Non-biodegradable waste will NOT break down (or won’t for many many years). Examples are plastics‚ metal and glass. Some dangerous chemicals and toxins are also non-biodegradable‚ as are plastic grocery bags‚ Styrofoam (polystyrene)‚ and other similar materials but will eventually break down over time. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_non_biodegradable#ixzz1m8B59V9d Reduce‚ reuse and recycle‚ the three R’s for waste management‚ are effective measures that serve as
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International Conference on Mechanical‚ Industrial and Energy Engineering 2010 23-24 December‚ 2010‚ Khulna‚ BANGLADESH MIE10-085 Construction and Performance Test of Solid Desiccant Cooling System Md. Hasan Ali1‚ A. N. M. Mizanur Rahman2‚‚*‚ N. U. I. Hossain2‚ K. S. Islam2 1 Department of Energy Technology‚ 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering Khulna University of Engineering & Technology‚ Khulna-9203‚ Bangladesh ABSTRACT Apart from the conventional cooling‚ there are other methods that
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Electronic Waste and the Environment In today’s fast paced society‚ technology is moving faster than ever due to advancements that are being made in speed‚ portability‚ and user accessibility with new computers and other electronic devices being introduced to the market. However‚ all of this new technology creates a problem because of the discarding of older electronic equipment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency‚ the United States alone produces approximately 300 millions tons
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