2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
From the literature review, there are public awareness about e-waste, approaches to manage e-waste and hazardous materials released from e-waste.
2.1 Public awareness about e-waste
Public awareness is people’s concern, understanding or perception for a situation or subject. Public awareness about e-waste is people do have knowledge and understanding what are e-waste and also its impact. According to Pinto (2008), e-waste can be is any electric or electronic product which has reached their life of cycle which means cannot be used anymore as whole or as a part of it such as mobile phone, laptops, TVs and other electronic appliances. The growing rate is growing at multiply around the world which is contributed by the high
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Therefore, from this case, we can know how important of the awareness among public to the issue of e-waste. The level of public awareness is affecting the generation of e-waste because the people in the main cause of e-waste. No matter how the government enforce the laws or rules, the public awareness is the main things that need to be aware. The waste collection centre only will be used by public when they do have the knowledge about the e-waste. This is also supported by the study of Anuj Shah (2014). Anuj Shah (2014) stated even India has provides extensive information about health and environmental impact of e-waste, and also the infrastructural support such as collection centre. However, Indian public’s awareness about e-waste is weak. For example, they did not follow the government policies about e-waste management and dispose the e-waste inappropriately. Without public awareness of the inherent hazards, accumulation of such waste will have dire consequences for the human …show more content…
Disassembly is a systematic approach that allows the removal of a component, part, group of parts or a subassembly from a product (partial disassembly) or the separation of a product into all of its component parts (complete disassembly) for a defined purpose. (I. Dalrymple, N. Wright, R. Kellner et al., 2007)
2.2.4 Crushing or comminution
This category consists of mechanical processes such as physical impaction, shredding/fragmentation and granulation, which break down products to enable the salvaging of reusable and recyclable parts, components and materials. Shredding breaks down the product into pieces via ripping or tearing which may then be sorted into material streams having dissimilar subsequent processing demands. Granulation is the mechanical processing of production scrap, post-consumer plastic packaging, industrial parts, or other materials into fine
Creditors Relief is assisting Earth First Recycling with their financial situation. It has come to the attention of Randy Tigar and Earth First Recycling that Pearl Beta Funding, LLC, represented by MCA Servicing and Steven Berkovitch, Esq., sent a UCC Lien Notice. As a result, Paychex is withholding funds designated of the payment of taxes. First, if Paychex does not release the funds immediately, it will be deemed a breach of the agreement between Paychex and Earth First Recycling.
Due to Anna’s sickness, we only had tutorial lesson this week. From tutorial I discovered a new way of thinking what is materializing data. Before, I thought materalising data is turning a dataset into a physical object, thus using physical materials. Like work done by Nathalie Miebach “Hurricane Noel” (2011) (Image below).
Manufacturing – within a business the manufacturing department works alongside several other departments such as marketing and purchasing to make sure that they manufacture products efficiently. Manufacturing is generally a long process as detailed designs of products have to be assembled before construction can begin. Manufacturing varies can depend on the organisation type large companies are likely to manufacture products themselves, and they tend to do this on a large scale in order to be able to buy resources in bulk in order to save a substantial amount of money. Small businesses tend to design their own products but may not have the ability to manufacture; therefore they usually hire other companies to manufacture for them - this can be quite costly, so they commonly perform manufacturing on a large scale
Once all the boxes are in the unpackaging area, you will begin to unpackage the merchandise. Some essential materials required in this process include: a Hobby Lobby box cutter, baskets for loose products, such as ribbon or bows, and boxes for boxed products, such as puzzles or ornaments. When the necessary tools are gathered, you will begin to open each individual box with your box cutter. After the merchandise is removed, you will need to place it in a basket/box based on: brand, season, and department; this is called categorizing. All left over empty boxes will be thrown in the bailer for decompressing.
On this day we descended into the world of the humans. We have prepared for this exact moment for the past several days. Finally enough information has been collected during our tests that we can journey to the Walmart. This being our destination for much is herd about this mystical kingdom from our test subjects. Our time here will be short because we would hate for our identities to be compromised.
In the article “Cotton and Slavery”, the main idea was about the South and North America’s Civil war due to the slavery of producing cotton. The North and South’s theory about slavery was different: The North thought it was inhumane of not giving payments to the slaves who deserves, but the South disagreed. Before the Civil war begun, the industry of cotton was the biggest boom. The people earned money by making cotton into clothes or other products.
Vertical Disintegration: The division of one organization into a few, with each performing activity leading to a single completed product. Vertical disintegration occurs generally because of diseconomies of scale, which are the consequence of inefficiency because of huge size, make it more advantageous than remaining one corporation. OR Vertical disintegration means dividing an industry into several segments, from upstream to downstream, with each firm concentrating on certain functions of certain segments. The firms in the segments comprise supply chains.
Describe the main difference between a compound light microscope and a dissecting scope. The main difference between a compound light microscope and a dissecting scope is that a light microscope has a higher resolution and a dissecting scope displays the image in a 3D form. 6. a. Distinguish between magnification and resolution? The difference between magnification and resolution is that magnification refers to how large an object appears compared to its actual size, while resolution describes how clear the specimen can be viewed in the microscope.
“Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country” JFK said in a speech . What I would do for the USA, is to help the environment by picking up trash and other items. Here are some more examples, saving water and electricity are the biggest problems. We can also clean up the parks and streets. So to do it, we could have signs to tell people to take care of the earth by recycling.
Meanwhile, the methods of waste disposal have improved over time. Also, that getting rid of garbage is quickly becoming a big problem due to our methods of waste disposal are only a temporary solution. Moreover; the waste that can’t decompose
Waste Management Inc Is a company that is try to achieve a “zero waste’ in North America. It was founded in 1971 by Wayne Huizenga and Dean Buntrock. They provide services for: • Waste • Recyclables • Yard debris • Hazardous materials collection, • Hauling, treatment and disposal • Dumpster rental • Portable toilet rental • Security services
We must make the most to conserve, recycle and reuse whenever possible because the natural resources on our planet earth are limited. One of the most efficient ways to support recycling is to purchase products made from recycled materials. Maybe by now, you are not aware of how important this act can make a change to the world. However, the effort involves not only recycling existing products, but purchasing products that have already been recycled. Today, you will notice a lot products that are made from recyclable materials thanks to a strong push in green movement recent years.
Process Strategies The process strategies, for such a large manufacturing company, would need to be varied. The production process type would be determined by the product life cycle stage at that time (Thayer 2004).Product life cycles for items such as smartphones and tablets do not generally follow the standard life cycle stages. The maturity stage can be interrupted by discontinuation or irrelevance of a technology, which recommences the cycle (Giachetti & Marchi 2010). Incidentally, during the product life cycle of these items, a cyclic improvement of both process and product is required to stay in contact with market changes.
Breakbulk is defined as the kind of warehousing where firstly you receive goods in a single shipment. Secondly, you break the bundle into the small lot, lastly transport them to their respective region's centres. If we take an example of tesla's Tilburg facility in the Netherlands, Tesla gets our inventory from California, which is sent in bulk that gives us the benefit of consolidation. Then the bulk is being divided and is allocated to Germany, Belgium, France and other European countries. Consequently, sending them to their respective distribution centres.
Industrial and capital hubs in developing countries are similarly characterized by multiple urban sprawls, informal settlements and overcrowding. The local governments or municipalities in many developing countries are highly challenged by mainly poor or weak policy and legislative provisions to regulate and enforce waste management guidelines. They also lack adequate funding and the correct capacity in terms of waste management personnel. All these challenges lead to situations where these local authorities are failing to take effective decisions with regards to solid waste management. It is worth noting that the decisions which municipalities are facing in terms of managing solid waste are not only difficult and capital intensive but they impact greatly on the natural environment as well as on social lives of people, therefore solutions to this issue are a matter of