Recycling technology by Nicolas Ward https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71 Recycling technology en-us 2023-03-29 12:38:37 UTC 2023-04-18 13:43:26 UTC hello@padlet.com affects on the environment nw28176 https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554575299 400,000,000 gadgets get thrown out a year just in America. That’s over 50,000,000 tonnes or 110,250,000,000 pounds of e-waste. Because of electronic recycling, the electronics are destroyed by a shredder then everything useless is melted letting us reuse them. However, as a result of informal recycling, the environment is damaged. To get the valuable resources in the electronics, for example copper, dangerous acids such as cyanide and nitric acids are used. The important components are recovered but because of the acids the environment is damaged since the acids flow into waterways when the process is done.]]> 2023-04-14 13:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554575299 human affects nw28176 https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554578316 The electronics are shipped to other countries most of the time and usually the countries are still developing. Because the countries are developing, the electronics can be recycled in the open and expose people to cancer and other diseases. However in order to recycle the electronics you need jobs which means that it helps open up job opportunities for people. More jobs might sound like a good thing but due to lithium-ion batteries the recyclers are at risk. The lithium-ion batteries are stuck in the phone and explosive. About one in five thousand phones can explode. This leads to injuries and millions of dollars in damage.

]]> 2023-04-14 13:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554578316 nw28176 https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554578667 2023-04-14 13:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554578667 Timeline nw28176 https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554589690 Recycling technology began in the 80’s. Recycling technology informally began in 2002. However later countries like China started to ban informal recycling. When big tech companies like Apple started to thrive they used non-removable batteries. Currently some big tech companies have gone back to using removable batteries.]]> 2023-04-14 14:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554589690 Solutions nw28176 https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554593396 The problems are informal recycling and non-removable batteries. The first solution is that the government can ban exporting the recycling. This can solve the first half of the problem because less people would be exposed to cancer. Then the government could make rules saying that recycling the electronics has to be done in an environmentally friendly way. Next for the second solution the government could try forcing big tech companies to use removable batteries. It would cause less explosions because they are easier to dismantle.]]> 2023-04-14 14:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2554593396 Works Cited nw28176 https://padlet.com/nw28176/d32huxckwuk8nb71/wish/2558533547
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