Question

Create PowerPoint presentation slides on the following topic “Electronic waste management in China “

Answer 1

Slide 1

Electronic waste management in China

Slide 2

Contents :

Sources of Electronic wastes.

e-wastes recycle and disposal.

Treatment for Electronic Waste.

Informal Sector

Environmental and health impacts

Reasons for health and environmental related problems.

Slide 3

      Sources of Electronic wastes

The major sources of e-waste processed in China are :

Waste electronic products from households.

Waste electronic products from domestic institutions, such as schools, hospitals .

Waste Electronics products from governments agencies and businesses.

Defective electronic products from electronic manufacturer.

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E-wastes recycle and disposal

second-hand markets where reusable devices can be re-sold at reasonable prices

Donation systems that send used home appliances to poorer rural areas of western China

Through peddlers who re-sell e-wastes to dealers this is informal sector of recycle.

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Treatment for Electronic Waste

E-waste is sent to recycling sites in order to extract valuable metals and organic materials to be resold for economic value.

E-waste classification by manual dismantling and chemical separation.

It involves practices such as heating circuit boards, cutting cables and wires, chipping and melting plastics, and extracting precious metals through acid leaching and incineration.

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Informal Sector

The most of e-waste recycling in China takes place illegally inside the informal sector.

The informal sector is a system of small-scaled, mainly family-run workshops and backyard recycling sectors.

It is usually run by peddlers traveling door-to-door offering minimal fees for disposal of obsolescent appliances.

The informal recycling method consists mainly of manual, unskilled labour .

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Adverse effects to environment and damage to the public health in china

outdoor air pollution is the biggest environmental challenge for public health.

water shortages and pollution

soil pollution

Adverse health effects of solid fuels is very high including lung cancer, acute respiratory infection, and chronic pulmonary disease to humans

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Health and environmental related problems are serious

Health and environmental related problems are serious due to following reasons :

Lack of awareness of damage caused to the health and environment.

Electronic wastes are disposed to the regions with low labour cost and

Poor supervision and management on environment protection, Producing     environmental risk.

e-waste recycling sites in China lack the appropriate facilities for protection of environmental and human health.

Slide 9

Thank you .