E-Waste

Question 1

acid leaching

Answer 1

using chemicals to extract valuable metal from solids: Time-consuming and harmful to soil.

Question 2

appliance

Answer 2

A piece of equipment designed to perform specific, often domestic, talks.

Question 3

biomimicry

Answer 3

Designing machines and systems in ways that imitate or are like living organisms.

Question 4

cannibalize

Answer 4

using one machine as a source of spare parts for another

Question 5

Certified B Corporation

Answer 5

Companies that have not only profit as their goal but also aid the well-being of their workers, customers, suppliers, communities, and environment.

Question 6

circular economy

Answer 6

reuse, recycling, and management of e-waste to provide both economic and environmental benefits

Question 7

consumerism

Answer 7

the idea that buying more goods and services is essential to individuals’ happiness and communities’ economic prosperity

Question 8

developing countries

Answer 8

countries where technological and economic development does not meet the populations’ food, shelter, healthcare, and other needs

Question 9

discard

Answer 9

Put aside parts, pieces, or things that are not or are no longer useful.

Question 10

e-cycle

Answer 10

recycling used electronics either for reuse/refurbishing or to have their parts disassembled and resold

Question 11

e-waste

Answer 11

Electronics equipment that is unwanted, not working, or approaching the end of its useful life; including screened devices,