{"id":3018,"date":"2020-10-03T11:02:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intunis.net\/?page_id=3018"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:31:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T12:31:07","slug":"e-waste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2021.intunis.net\/fr\/e-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTRICAL DISORDER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/2021.intunis.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Friedrich-Boell.-Dead-Pixel.-Cologne-2018.-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ELECTRICAL DISORDER\" title=\"ELECTRICAL DISORDER\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.intunis.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Friedrich-Boell.-Dead-Pixel.-Cologne-2018.-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2021.intunis.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Friedrich-Boell.-Dead-Pixel.-Cologne-2018.-1160x653.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><h4><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">E-waste, the environmental thread of the digital transformation<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The INTERFERENCE Community is drawing attention to the fastest growing waste stream that results from using phones, computers, and all kinds of digital devices. Collecting, sorting, and recycling the discarded devices are basically not existing and the informal processing of e-waste damages habitats and health.<\/p>\n<div class='content-column one_half'><div style=\"padding:6px 6px 6px 6px;\"><h4>Where do our electronics go after we get rid of them?<\/h4>\n<p>Electronic waste is an umbrella term for discarded electronic devices. It encompasses electronics destined for refurbishment, reuse, resale, salvage recycling through material recovery, or disposal. <a href=\"http:\/\/ewastemonitor.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Chapter_one_GEM_2020_def1_low.pdf\">What is e-waste?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sW_7i6T_H78?controls=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Annie Leonard: The Story of Electronics. on: youtube.com. 4 November 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2019 alone, the world generated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/07\/global-electronic-waste-recycling-management\/\">53.6 million tonnes of e-waste<\/a>. Asia produced the lion\u2019s share \u2013 24.9 million tonnes \u2013 followed by the Americas (13.1 million tonnes) and Europe (12 million tonnes), while Africa and Oceania generated 2.9 and 0.7 million tonnes respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.weforum.org\/editor\/responsive_large_webp_qVTbnIwOigO4axLKF8E5V-BLyPGe9RaGF22AsAAwUQk.webp\" width=\"754\" height=\"558\" \/> <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Graphic: United Nations University \/ Nienke Hacco\u00fb<\/span><\/p>\n<p>E-Waste is the world\u2019s fastest-growing domestic waste stream, fuelled mainly by more people buying electronic products with shorter life cycles and fewer options for repair.<\/p>\n<p>E-waste contributes directly to global warming. Dumped temperature-exchange equipment, found in fridges and air conditioners, can slowly release greenhouse gases. About 98 million tonnes are thought to leak from scrapyards each year, equivalent to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/07\/global-electronic-waste-recycling-management\/\"> 0.3% of global emissions<\/a> from the energy sector.<\/p>\n<h4>ONLINE LEARNING<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ewastemonitor.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GEM_2020_Executive_summery.pdf\">E-Waste Monitor 2020<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.climate-kic.org\/en\/programmes-and-courses\/e-waste\">Join the MOOC to take action!<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>ZINE<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/en-in\/features\/karo-sambhav-responsible-e-waste-recycling-india\/\">Ranjita Ganesan: Cleaning up India\u2019s mountains of e-waste<\/a> On: mircosoft.com. 9 December 2020.<br \/>\nSebastien Farnaud: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/08\/microbes-toxic-electronic-waste\/\">These microbes are being used to clean up toxic electronic waste.<\/a> On: World Economic Forum Online. 24 August 2020.<br \/>\nVanessa Forti: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/07\/global-electronic-waste-recycling-management\/\">Global electronic waste up 21% in five years, and recycling isn\u2019t keeping up.<\/a> On: World Economic Forum Online. 20 July 2020.<br \/>\numweltbundesamt.de: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umweltbundesamt.de\/en\/topics\/waste-resources\/product-stewardship-waste-management\/electrical-electronic-waste#electrical-and-electronic-waste-in-germany\">Electrical and Electronic Waste in Germany<\/a>. 20 July 2020.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class='content-column one_half last_column'><div style=\"padding:2px 2px 2px 6px;\"><h4>Tracking e-waste<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vufLW4xOsS4?controls=0\" width=\"580\" height=\"303\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Colin Lecher: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/4\/20992240\/e-waste-recycling-electronic-basel-convention-crime-total-reclaim-fraud\">AMERICAN TRASH<\/a> (tracking e-waste). On: The Verge. 4 December 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Processing e-waste<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7nqmjrQcAgg?controls=0\" width=\"630\" height=\"299\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/Pages\/default.aspx\">ITU<\/a>: How Switzerland is winning the battle against e-waste. 11 October 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Informal processing of e-waste<\/h4>\n<p>Large parts of the worldwide e-waste arrive in developing countries with a significant volume exported illegally as \u201csecond hand goods\u201d. In 2019, only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/07\/global-electronic-waste-recycling-management\/\">17.4% of the 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste<\/a> was properly collected and recycled. Informal processing of e-waste leads to adverse human health effects and environmental pollution. Electronic scrap components, such as CPUs, contain potentially harmful materials such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, or brominated flame retardants that involve significant risk to the health of workers and their communities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39842489?color=ffffff&#038;title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"630\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The film \u00ab\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-wastelandfilm.com\/\">E-Wasteland<\/a> (2012)\u00a0\u00bb by David Fedele presents a visual portrait of unregulated e-waste recycling in Ghana.<\/span><br \/><\/div><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n<p>[supsystic-gallery id=2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-waste, the environmental thread of the digital transformation The INTERFERENCE Community is drawing attention to the fastest growing waste stream that results from using phones, computers, and all kinds of digital devices. 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