with more disposable income in littering the urban scope with the digital detritus of the digital age called E-waste. E-waste is a generic term encompassing various forms of electrical and electronic equipment that may be old‚ might have reached end-of-life and most importantly cease to be of any value to their present owners and it has been identified as one of the fastest growing waste steams. The electrical and electronic goods are broadly classified under three major heads; ’White goods’
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E-Waste‚ The Dark Side of Moore’s Law We should celebrate the great bounty Moore’s Law and the tech industry bestow on our lives. Costs fall‚ workers become more productive‚ innovations flourish‚ and we gorge at a buffet of digital entertainment that includes music‚ movies‚ and games. But there is a dark side to this faster and cheaper advancement. A PC has an expected lifetime of three to five years. A cell phone? Two years or less. Rapid obsolescence means the creation of ever-growing mountains
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The Five Platonic Solids The five platonic solids are the tetrahedron‚ cube‚ octahedron‚ dodecahedron‚ and a icosahedron. They are named for the greek philosopher Plato. Plato wrote about them in the Timaeus (c.360 B.C.) in which he paired each of the four classical elements earth‚ air‚ water‚ and fire with a regular solid. Earth was paired with the cube‚ air with the octahedron‚ water with the icosahedron‚ and fire with the tetrahedron. The fifth Platonic solid‚ the dodecahedron‚ Plato says that
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regards obtaining the most positive outcome financial feasibility should be considering top priority. As stated by Schmitt et al. (2010)‚ “the financial costs of our corrections policies are staggering”. The following alternatives focuses on ways of reducing overcrowding in prisons system. Given the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives‚ this plan to assist policymakers and practitioners to tackle overcrowding in a systematic and affordable way. The results should help to ensure that incarceration
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If nuclear waste is harmful it should be stored away from human populated areas. If nuclear waste is harmful it should not be stored by humans‚ but in less to non-populated areas. “Spent nuclear fuel remains highly dangerous for prolonged periods. It has long lived radioactive materials in it that can contaminate the environment and harm public health” (USA Today). Thousands of Americans are exposed to nuclear waste sites across the country. And if we do not take action to find somewhere else to
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Policies for Reducing Unemployment There are two main strategies for reducing unemployment - • Demand side policies to reduce demand-deficient unemployment (unemployment caused by recession) • Supply side policies to reduce structural unemployment / (the natural rate of unemployment) Demand Side Policies [pic] Demand side policies are important when there is a recession and rise in cyclical unemployment. (e.g. after 1991 recession and after 2008 recession) 1. Fiscal
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E-Waste Management in Pakistan Zaigham Abbas Technical Officer (Chemicals) Ministry of Environment Government of Pakistan Regional Workshop on WEEE/E-Waste Management‚ 6 - 9 July 2010‚ Osaka‚ Japan 1 INTRODUCTION OF ORGANIZATION Ministry of Environment is responsible for National Environment Policy‚ Planning and International Environment Coordination. 2 PAKISTAN: STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT Constitution of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Council (PEPC) headed by the Prime
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What are the challenges in the implementation of ERP system! Information systems play a vital role in improving the competitiveness of a company. There are many types of enterprise information software packages which are available in the market since the year of 90s till today (Mandal & Gunasekaran‚ 2003). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is one of them. Due to intense competition around the world‚ many of the manufacturing company had decided to implement ERP. It assures one application
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Lab #2 – Separation of a Mixture of Solids Abstract The mixed solution contained benzoic acid‚ iron‚ table salt‚ and sand. When separated using water‚ fuel‚ or a magnet‚ their characteristics and properties changed. The mass of the entire mixed solids was 6.6 grams. When the magnet was used‚ the iron was immediately picked up. The mass for that was 1.7 grams. The table salt was 1.2 grams. Benzoic acid mass was 0.8 grams and the sand was 1.4 grams after being separated. Introduction The objective
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Experiment 2: Separation of a Mixture of Solids Purpose: This experiment allowed me to learn different separation techniques for various substances based on their specific chemical properties. Procedure: I began this experiment by using a magnet to pick up and collect the iron filings out of the mixture. Then the sand was separated by placing the mixture into a beaker and boiling it in distilled water in order to dissolve the salt and benzoic acid‚ once boiling the liquid was poured out leaving
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