(( Disposable of Electronic Wastes )) Team Professional Business Presentation by Team A1

WHERE DOES E-WASTE GO?

][Source : My iPhone - taken on 10/15/2015

Can you imagine… how many e-devices in a big company?

What if… they turned to be e-waste?  

1.9 M 1.7 M 190k (10%)

3.3 M 2.67 M 650k (19.6%)

3.42 M 2.42 M 1 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

Where does E-waste go and end-up?!...

][Source: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainability-case-studies-hewlett-packard-ewaste-recycling-africa

][Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/following-the-trail-of-toxic-e-waste/

Source: http://www.sustainelectronics.illinois.edu/policy/international.cfm

Is it ethical to embark e-waste from developed nations to developing areas of the world?

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))

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.

Second – Utilitarian View

Good for Macro Economic…

The E-waste recycling industry can create direct or indirect jobs for people in surrounding areas.

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/

Forth –Moral View

Negative ripple effect on those areas…

The developing areas and its people are bearing the environmental and personal harm.

][Economic oriented

Environmental Concern

Stakeholder Value Maximization

Profit Maximization

1. Individual view ((Business))

2. Utilitarian view ((Macro Economic))

3. Justice view

((Law and Legal))

4. Moral view

((Human’s right))

How businesses can play any role?

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

REDUCE!! REDUCE!! REDUCE!!

REDUCE!! REDUCE!!

REDUCE!! REDUCE!!

[ [Dell Resale-Recycle :B-to-B E-waste management

Source: http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/learn/asset-resale-and-recycling

[ [Samsung STAR :B-to-C E-waste management

Source: http://pages.samsung.com/starus/index.jsp

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