E-waste
Email: helleeeeeen@163.com (Jia)
preetpandit30@gmail.com(Preet)
Powerpoint by: Jia HAN
Project by: Jia HAN, Preet PANDIT
CONTENTS
01
Proposed Idea
02
Assumptions & Facts
03
Problem Overview
What, when, where, how, why
Proposed Idea
01
1. Better the system of e-waste sorting in Beijing
2. Build a effective connection between
consumers and factories
A GPS system and courier service for consumers to deliver their e-waste in Beijing
02
Assumptions
& Facts
Top 4 assumptions
1. e-waste sorting is indeed essential
2. but it is now having lots of problem
3. among all the problem, there is connection problem between consumers and factories and the lack of awareness of consumers to recycle e-waste
4. solving this problem won't harm existed marginalized populations
1.1 E-waste
- any electrical or electronic equipment that’s been discarded
- includes working and broken items that are thrown in the garbage or donated
Facts
1. e-waste sorting is indeed essential
1.2 Why important
Hazardous
contain materials that render have been regarded as hazardous, depending on their condition and density.
eg. California law currently views nonfunctioning cathode ray tubes (CRT) from televisions and monitors as hazardous
Facts
1. e-waste sorting is indeed essential
1.2 Why important
Not sorting well (from GreenPeace in 2013)
1. direct shipments to Chinese ports
2. mixed shipments with bulk steel and copper scraps
3. transit through Hongkong
4. transit through Vietnam
Facts
1. e-waste sorting is indeed essential
1.2 Why important
Global issue, even worse overtime (from UNU in 2015)
Facts
1. e-waste sorting is indeed essential
2.1 lack of management
Facts
2. but it is now having lots of problem
Health risk
1. open-air burning and acid baths
2. toxic materials leaching into the environment.
Expose workers to high levels of contaminants such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic, which can lead to irreversible health effects, including cancers, miscarriages, neurological damage and diminished IQs.
2.1 lack of management
Facts
2. but it is now having lots of problem
Regulatory (from Time in 2019)
- Only 19 states in US have laws banning electronics from the regular trash.
- China do have regulations.
- recycling centers have reported an uptick in fires.
Facts
3.1 awareness problem
Facts
3.2 connection problem
Facts
4. marginalized populations
Hurt, but not much
03
Problem
Overview
Who
Problem Overview
Final target:
Household people using any kinds of electronic devices
First target:
people buying the MOST electronic devices (18-40)
not yet testified, have to do survey
people managing MOST about household used devices(25-40)
not yet testified, have to do survey
What
Problem Overview
Raise people's awareness of e-waste sorting through a app
1. by providing them with clear and convenient pathway that they can follow to directly sort e-waste
2. by educating, and providing them with educational material
When
Problem Overview
All along the time, especially 2010-2018
Where
Problem Overview
First target: XiCheng district, Beijing, China
(where I live)
How& Why
Problem Overview
Introduced before
THANKS
References:
https://www.ewaste1.com/what-is-e-waste/
https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/electronics/whatisewaste
https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/cleaning-electronic-waste-e-waste
https://time.com/5594380/world-electronic-waste-problem/
https://www.douban.com/group/topic/106746062/#9271788H0O-mpP
https://www.sohu.com/a/32054363_161623
https://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/press/1397/chinas-e-waste-worth-23-8-billion-by-2030-2/#:~:text=China%20has%20all%20three%20in,average%20annual%20rate%20of%2010.4%25.&text=Kong%20said%3A%20%E2