Waste, recycling and reuse by Waste products - Environmental aspects, Energy conservation, Paper - Recycling, Rubbish disposal, Salvage, Waste products, Water - Recycling., Rubbish disposal - Environmental aspects., Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable living
Trashing the Planet by From rags and bones to plastic disaster -- The United States of trash -- Toxins in our trash -- Take control of your plate -- A graveyard of global waste -- Oceans of plastic -- Space junk.
Waste Not by We need to talk about waste. Shrink-wrapped vegies, disposable coffee cups, clothes and electronics designed to be upgraded every year: we are surrounded by stuff that we often use once and then throw away. Each year Australian households produce enough rubbish to fill a three-bedroom home, including thousands of dollars worth of food and an ever-increasing amount of plastic, which takes hundreds of years to break down and often ends up in our oceans or our food chain. But what to do about such a huge problem? Is it just the price we pay for the conveniences of modern life? What if it were possible to have it both ways - to live a modern life with less waste? That's where Erin Rhoads, aka The Rogue Ginger, comes in. Erin went from eating plastic-packaged takeaway while shopping online for fast fashion, to becoming one of Australia's most popular eco-bloggers. Erin knows that small changes can have a big impact. In Waste Not she shares everything she's learnt from her own funny, inspiring - and far-from-perfect - journey to living with less waste.
Who is responsible for the proper disposal of hazardous electronic waste: producer, consumer or some other entity entirely? Companies are asking their customers what they want to see and customers are eagerly providing feedback. Though this isn’t entirely a new concept, the extent to which consumers are getting involved in the production process has greatly increased. Companies are producing excessive amounts of electronic goods, continually updating and upgrading their products, but it is the consumers who demand this constant innovation. In short, there isn’t really one party at fault when it comes to e-waste.
Online encyclopaedias are great for short, concise and correct information. It may be best to access these articles from the Online encyclopaedias page through the Hale portal. Ready made citations are available.
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It is best to access these articles from the Online encyclopaedias page through the Hale portal. Ready made citations are available.
Blood, Sweat and Luxuries - The group is off to Ghana to mine one of our oldest and most precious luxuries, gold, but they also discover the impact of one of Africa's newest imports, e-waste.
"Waste Not" is a film about where your garbage goes, who sorts it for you, and what it is worth if it isn't just tossed into landfill. It's easier and cheaper to retrieve gold from old computers for instance, than to dig it up. Organics can be used to create fertiliser and green electricity and yet each Australian sends half a tonne of food waste to landfill each year where it is contaminated with chemicals and e-waste. We recycle only 50% of all our waste.
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Behind the News 2018, War on e-Waste - Behind the News, online video, 31 July, viewed 27 August 2019, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOh-GzHkoSo>.
Electronic waste 2019. Britannica School. Retrieved 27 August 2019, from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/middle/article/electronic-waste/607226#
Kallen, SA 2018, Trashing the planet : examining our global garbage glut, Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis, USA.
