Effects Of E-Waste On The Environment

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When getting from one place to another by car involves the combustion of fossil fuels that emits gasses which are harmful to the environment. The invention of automobiles is one of the cases where the invention has had a negative impact to our environment.
One of the gasses emitted is carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. It absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. Greenhouse gases greatly affect the temperature of the Earth by trapping heat. Therefore when a lot of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, it means that more heat is trapped in the earth’s atmosphere, leading to global warming. Some other pollutants released from the combustion settle in water and dirt through which they can enter the food chain and …show more content…

E-waste is a term used describe most types of electrical and electronic equipment that have a possibility or have already been thrown away; a waste. This includes products such as computers, smartphones, mobile phones, televisions, monitors, and many other electronic goods. E-wastes have been exponentially increasing due to the increase of production of such electronic goods. According to step-negative.org the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development noted that between 2000 and 2005, there has been 26% of increase in the production of such electronic goods. What caused this is the increased demand for these electronic goods du to companies reducing the prices for many electrical goods. E-waste is a special kind of waste which contains many valuable and precious materials. In fact in complex electronics like computers, a wide range of elements on the periodic table can be identified. To summarize, we can see the problems that e-waste holds, and we can understand that it is a global concern due to the amount produced and the amount disposed. Moreover, large amounts of e-waste can end up in places where it may not be able to go through the proper process of being recycled. This leads to an issue concerning the efficiency of such valuable materials and their hazardous nature towards the environment. Thus the increase in production of such goods leads an increase in e-waste, which is unethical due …show more content…

The most common energy sources we know today are oil and petroleum, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, solar power, and nuclear energy. [Carnegie Mellon University] Oil and petroleum are not renewable resources. In the year 2000, it made up 38% of all of the what the world depleted. What caused this was the fact that it can easily be transported. But this resource is considered environmentally irresponsible because it pollutes air, water, and soil. Natural gas is also a non-renewable energy source. Similar to oil and petroleum, natural gas constituted to one-fifth of the world’s dissipation, which in fact is a large amount. What makes it so serviceable is it’s flexibility to be used in industries, transportation, and to generate power. But the drawback of this is that it produces pollutants which harm the environment. Coal by far is the cheapest source of energy. But it also a non-renewable resource. It is the primary resource for electricity therefore to create this electricity, workers are needed to obtain coal. This also creates many job opportunities. Its drawback is that it produces CO2, polluting the air, water, and soil. Hydro-electric power is renewable that can be slightly cheaper than coal but it has many issues. Although it is a clean resource and very productive in the creation of electricity and is influenced by climate and geography which

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