3. Can you imagine… how many e-devices in a big company?
What if… they turned to be e-waste?
4. 1.9 M1.7 M190k
(10%)
3.3 M2.67 M650k
(19.6%)
3.42 M2.42 M1 M
(29.2%)
E-Waste Generation and Recycling 2000-2012
Total e-waste generated
E-waste trashed
E-waste recycled
Tons
Source : EPA data from “Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States, 2012 ,” Feb 2014
2000 2010 2012
9. Is it ethical to embark e-waste from developed
nations to developing areas of the world?
10. 4-Argumentation point of view
1.
Individual view
((Business))
2.
Utilitarian view
((Macro Economic))
3.
Justice view
((Law and Legal))
4.
Moral view
((Human’s right))
11. First – Individual View
Long-term Benefit of a single individual…
The cost of recycle is more in developed countries than
developing areas- like the outskirts of China, Arica
and South-East Asia.
12. Second – Utilitarian View
Good for Macro Economic…
The E-waste recycling industry can create direct or
indirect jobs for people in surrounding areas.
13. Third – Justice View
Violate the international contract…
According to the Basel convention (1989), the treaty
was designed to reduce the movement of hazardous waste
between nations.
Source: http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/article/united-nations-new-agreement-on-electronic-waste/
14. Forth –Moral View
Negative ripple effect on those areas…
The developing areas and its people are bearing the
environmental and personal harm.
17. 6
((6-Commandement for e-waste management in businesses))
1.Starting from
the “TOP” and
Create Culture -
Value
2.Setting the
practical code of
conduct
3.Communicating from
the internal to
external
6.Setting global
standard and
policies
4.Mornitoring
and auditing
e-waste
transaction
5.Paying attention
to law and
regulation