Chapter B, Problem B9.3MBD

Explanation of Solution

E-waste and the Environment:

• Yes, participated in a ewaste.
• Environmental impact of e-waste:
  • Disassembling and disposing of e-waste cause’s environmental pollution.
  • Soil, air, and land are poorly damaged.
  • When e-waste is warmed up, toxic chemicals are released in to the air and then affecting the atmosphere.
  • So, people needs to safely dispose the electronic equipment.

Ensuring safely disposing of electronic equipment:

• Some recycling company websites details the recycling information and facilities based on user state and postal code in order to ensure the right disposal of recyclable materials including e-waste.

Government to encouraging companies to dispose of e-waste safely:

• Governments would create regulatory agencies in each region, which are assigned with the accountability of organizing and combining the controlling functions of the several government authorities concerning unsafe materials.
• Governments should implement strict rules against removing e-waste in the country by outsiders
• Government should implement strict rules and heavy penalties charged on companies, which do not repetition waste avoidance and retrieval in the manufacture services.
• Government should motivate and support non-governmental organizations (NGO) and other organizations to include dynamically in solving the country’s e-waste problems.
• Government should discover chances to collaborate with manufactures and traders to offer recycling facilities.

Protecting poor countries from receiving e-waste:

• Follow the “reduce and recycle” process.
• Increase awareness among those countries.
• Take initiatives to document and maintain e-waste at offices.
• Confirm that e-waste is not varied with other waste.
• Assign a distinct space for e-waste for storage.
• Analyze the nearby e-waste store or e-waste recyclers to dispose e-waste.
• Contribute activity in group and awareness drives...