Solutions to Electronic Waste Essay -- Recycling Electronics

Electronic and electrical equipment is essential part of busy world.It substitute hard human work and make it faster.The majority of mankind has computer at home or at work. In recent years changing of electronic equipment become faster due to obsolescence and fashion(Deathe et al. 2008, 322 ).The problem of e-waste influence on the future environment hangs over the modern society. E-waste ^ also known as electronic waste.It means electrical and electronic equipment which is not suitable for use and fill the damps. Electronic equipment, such as mobile phones, computers, and televisions consist of hazardous materials, which pollute the environment and impact on human’s health. By the National Safety Council lead’s 1.6 billion pounds and four times more pounds of plastic had been foretold to obtain from e-waste in 2007(Hosansky 2004, 20). There are a diversity of ways to solve this problem, but for finding the more effective solution there are some criteria such as envir onmental benefits, accessibility for people and feasibility. This paper will introduce and analyse remanufacturing and recycling using these criteria. This essay will argue that remanufacturing is the most effective solution by evaluation of two proposed solving. One of the known solutions to e-waste is recycling. Recycling is â€Å"the process of changing waste materials such as newspapers and bottles so that they can be used again† (Macmillan 2007). According to Bakar (2007, 1370) recycling has several parts of feasibility, the main aspects are dismantling and stages of separating. There are some recycling programs which help consumers to choose a convenient way to recycle their electronic equipment (Marquardt 2005). For instance, consumers can find programs on w... ... overcome.Waste Manage Res 2006:24(1):92-101. Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners.2007. CD. Macmillan Publishers Limited: 2nd edition. Marquardt, K. 2005. "High-tech TRASH." Kiplinger's Personal Finance 59, no. 1: 88. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed October 21, 2010). PC3R Promotion Center, Household PC recycling; 2008. http://www.pc3r.jp/e/home/index.html (accessed January 2008) Terazono A., S. Murakami., N. Abe,B. Inanc, Y. Moriguchi , S.Sakai, M.Kojima, A.Yoshida,J. Li, J.Yang , MH Wong, A. Jain, I. Kim, Gl. Peralta, CC Lin, T. Mungcharoen ,E.Williams.2006. Current status and research on e-waste issues in Asia.J.Mater Cycles Waste Manage. 8(1):1-12 Yoshida A., T. Tasaki,A. Terazini.2007.Material flow of used PCs in Japan. In: Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE nternational symposium on electronics and the environment.IEEE.p 46-51.