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WEEE Flashcards

1
Q

what does WEEE stand for?

A

waste electrical and electronic equipment

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2
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how many tonnes of WEEE are produced every year?

A

40-50 million tonnes.

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3
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what is the growth rate of WEEE?

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4-5%

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4
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how is WEEE generated in societies?

A

market forces, consumer behaviour, lack of infrastucture and knowledge

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5
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why is WEEE increasing?

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advertisement and social pressure

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what is EEE defined as?

A

equipment which is dependent on electrical currents or electromagnetic fields.

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7
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what is bad about Ewaste?

A

hazardoud content, can cause major environmental and health problems.

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8
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how can you improve environmental management of WEEE?

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contribute to circular economy, enhance resource efficiency, improve collection treatment, recycling, or elecctronics

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9
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what is historical WEEE?

A

goes back to 2005 and before

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10
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what is household WEEE?

A

2006 to a consumer onwards

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what is non-household WEEE?

A

EEE sold post 2006 to a business, organsiation or institute

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what is B2B?

A

business to business. businesses selling EEE to businesses, organisations or institutes

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13
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what is B2C?

A

business to consumer.

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14
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what happened in 1975?

A

Eu started the waste hierarchy. they set out rules by wchich people should deal with waste.

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what are the rules of the waste hierarchy?

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aviodance and minimisation. reuse ,recycle, recovery, disposal. preventation or disposal.

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16
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what is circular economy?

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means your waste becomes someones raw material

17
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what are the resources within WEEE?

A

plastics, glass, metals.

18
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what are the different categories of WEEE?

A

temperature exchange equipment, screens, lamps, large equipment, small equipment, small IT.

19
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why is modern high tech EEE important to recycle?

A

they hold very precious metals and critical raw materials. large proportion of anthropogentic stocks.

20
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what is hybernating?

A

collected from the comsuer, moving from a to be, and being treated and processed to come back

21
Q

what is hoarding?

A

consumers indefinietly store obsolete EEE that are no longer used or wanted.

22
Q

what is the average household hoard in USA?

A

4.1 small and 2.4 marge EEE in attic or basement.

23
Q

how do you desk study EEE?

A

take pictures of the households and ask how many EEE they have in thier house.

24
Q

how have EEE changed over the years?

A

rados havent changed much. mobile phones have changes the most, in weight and materials. rapid evolution.

25
Q

what was the EU waste hierarchy called?

A

European Union’s waste framework directive

26
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what happeneing in 1989?

A

it was formalised as an ordered system of preferred management motions in eurpoean commissions community straegy for waste management.

27
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what happened in 2008?

A

european parliament announced a new ersion of the waste hierarchy, which members state must be introduced into national laws.

28
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what are the 3 objectives of the 7th enviroenmental action programme EAP?

A

to protect, conserve and enhance the EU natural capital, turn the EU into a resrouce-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon econooy, and safeguard the EU’s citizens from environment -relatied pressures and risks to health adn well being.

29
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what challenges must be met for WEEE?

A

development of suitable waste management strategy, establishment of suitable collection of systems, funding and construction of appropriate treatment, systems for data collection, human resources .

30
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what are the public concerns for waste disposal?

A

impatcs of emissions from waste incinerators on human health and the environment. therefore, no incinerators were made form 1970 onwards.

31
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what was the most significant change in 2000’s?

A

when the impacts of EUs land fill directive started to become apparent.

32
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when was the land fill tax made?

A

1996

33
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what can we use instead of disposal?

A

recycling, composting.

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