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Electronic Waste
Cecelia Martin 7-23-2015 High School Summer Internship 2015
Electronic Waste Cecelia Martin 7-23-2015 High School Summer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Electronic Waste Cecelia Martin 7-23-2015 High School Summer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Electronic Waste Cecelia Martin 7-23-2015 High School Summer Internship 2015 Why I chose the E-waste project Important to know the effects e-waste can have on our health and the environment What is E-Waste? Electronic device no longer
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- Electronic device no longer
being used or wanted
- Computers
- Laptops
- Televisions
- Printers
- Gaming devices
- Cell phones
What is E-Waste?
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- Morongo has recycled more the 117
tons of E-waste in the past five years.
Morongo’s E-waste
0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 tons year
Chart Title
Casino Administration & Enterprises Residential
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E-waste cannot be thrown in the trash
- The toxic materials in E-waste
- Lead
- Mercury
- Chromium
- Banned from landfills
- 2001 CRT
- 2006 Universal Waste
- 2009 Morongo Solid and Hazardous Waste
disposal code
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- Bad Recycling
- Some E-waste gets sent
- verseas
- Gets burned
- Unsafe for people and
environment
- Good Recycling
- E-Stewards and R2 certified
recyclers recycle responsibly
Not all Recycling is the Same
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What can we do to help
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
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Reduce
- Buy less
- Repair broken electronics
- Keep what we have
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Reuse
- Donate
- Schools
- Churches
- Younger
siblings
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Recycle
- e-Stewards
recycler
- Morongo
Environmental E- waste bins
- Best Buy, AT&T,
Office Depot, and Staples
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How my project will help promote e-waste recycling
- I reused materials to make e-waste
bins to hand out to community members
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How my project will help promote e-waste recycling
- I have made
posters telling how bad e- waste is and how we can prevent it.
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What I learned from the problem
- Throwing away old electronics
can be hazardous to our health and the environment.
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What the community can do to help
- Don’t throw e-waste in the trash,
it is illegal!
- Remember to reduce, reuse, and
recycle!
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