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Environmental Issues
This paper will discuss the significance of recycling, reusing, remanufacturing, or
repairing E-waste and taking care of the expense of taking-back programs of E-waste.
It essential to repair, reuse, recycle, or remanufacture E-waste products such as television
sets, computers, batteries, cell phones, and other forms of electronic devices to ensure they are
not causing environmental pollution, not causing a health risk to recycling workers or
scavengers. When E-waste is dumped into the environment, they cause air, soil, and water
pollution. Air pollution occurs when they are incinerated, leading to greenhouse gas emissions
that cause global warming; thus, climate change takes place. Soil and water pollution occurs
when E-waste is poorly dumped. It is buried in the ground or carried away by running water,
thus polluting both land and surface and underground water resources. Contrary, E-waste can be
a threat to recycling workers as it can cause injuries and the spread of diseases when collecting it
from low dumped areas. It also becomes a threat to scavengers that feeds on landfills, and it can
make them starve to death when they cover the food for scavengers.
Yes, I will be willing to pay more for these products to cover such a take-back program. I
will be ready to pay a 20% cost above the purchase price of the electronic products. The extra
20% will be used for a take-back program such as recycling, repairing, or remanufacturing to
ensure we promote sustainable development and Electronic products, which are environmentally
friendly.
Student Name
Instructor’s Name
Course
Date
Environmental Issues
This paper will discuss the significance of recycling, reusing, remanufacturing, or
repairing E-waste and taking care of the expense of taking-back programs of E-waste.
It essential to repair, reuse, recycle, or remanufacture E-waste products such as television
sets, computers, batteries, cell phones, and other forms of electronic devices to ensure they are
not causing environmental pollution, not causing a health risk to recycling workers or
scavengers. When E-waste is dumped into the environment, they cause air, soil, and water
pollution. Air pollution occurs when they are incinerated, leading to greenhouse gas emissions
that cause global warming; thus, climate change takes place. Soil and water pollution occurs
when E-waste is poorly dumped. It is buried in the ground or carried away by running water,
thus polluting both land and surface and underground water resources. Contrary, E-waste can be
a threat to recycling workers as it can cause injuries and the spread of diseases when collecting it
from low dumped areas. It also becomes a threat to scavengers that feeds on landfills, and it can
make them starve to death when they cover the food for scavengers.
Yes, I will be willing to pay more for these products to cover such a take-back program. I
will be ready to pay a 20% cost above the purchase price of the electronic products. The extra
20% will be used for a take-back program such as recycling, repairing, or remanufacturing to
ensure we promote sustainable development and Electronic products, which are environmentally
friendly.
