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Information and communications technology (ICT) has environmental impacts through the manufacturing, operation and disposal of devices and network equipment. Managing the direct impacts of ICTs is more complex than just producing devices. It is becoming clear that we are unlikely to avoid major environmental challenges resulting from unsustainable practices to produce technology.
~Most E-Waste is trashed- not recycled
~Currently about 70% of discarded e-waste ends up in the trash
When it's shipped to developing countries where it is burned, bashed and
dismantled, these actions are leading to pollution. Chemicals in e-waste could leach out of the products into ground water or streams when sitting in landfills/backyards, causing water pollution. This can poison people and animal who drink this water and effect future generations if they produce, because the chemicals have a major negative impact on the body. When e-waste is burned these toxic chemicals are released into our atmosphere causing air pollution, which is the most common way that people and animals are getting sick because, they are inhaling these chemicals...without even knowing it.
~Most E-Waste is trashed- not recycled
~Currently about 70% of discarded e-waste ends up in the trash
When it's shipped to developing countries where it is burned, bashed and
dismantled, these actions are leading to pollution. Chemicals in e-waste could leach out of the products into ground water or streams when sitting in landfills/backyards, causing water pollution. This can poison people and animal who drink this water and effect future generations if they produce, because the chemicals have a major negative impact on the body. When e-waste is burned these toxic chemicals are released into our atmosphere causing air pollution, which is the most common way that people and animals are getting sick because, they are inhaling these chemicals...without even knowing it.
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