Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Evironmental Essay - Aidan D

The problem I noticed was e-waste. The solution to this problem is learning how to properly dispose of e-waste. In Alex Lin’s town only twelve percent of residents knew how to properly dispose of e-waste. When people throw away or burn e-waste the chemicals can go into the ground and damage crops that farmers grew. Alex Lin believes that education of e-waste disposal is important to keeping a clean environment. If everyone learns how to properly dispose of e-waste problem would be gone.


 First,in Alex Lin’s town only twelve percent of residents knew how to dispose of e-waste properly. For example,Alex Lin said,“When my team and I first surveyed our town,only twelve percent of the residents knew how to properly dispose of e-waste.(Cardoni)” This is important because when Alex and his team surveyed their town,only twelve percent how to properly dispose of e-waste,which is really small.

  Second,when people throw away or burn e-waste it can go into the ground and damage crops that farmers grew. Another example is,“When improperly disposed of - i.e. dumping,burning,throwing,etc. - these chemicals can seep into the ground and hurt humans,plants or crops, and ecosystems. (Cardoni)” This is important because when someone burns or throws away e-waste the chemicals can seep into the ground. This means that the surrounding environment would be hurt like humans,plants or crops,and ecosystems.

  Lastly,Alex Lin believes that education of e-waste disposal is important to keeping a clean environment. One example is,“If we start to teach everybody how to dispose of e-waste properly,e-waste may not be the fastest growing section of the U.S. trash stream. (Cardoni)” This is important because Alex Lin wants to prevent e-waste seeping into the ground harming humans,crops,and plants.


  E-waste may become a big problem over time,but if we educate everyone about how to dispose of e-waste properly this waste may not be a big problem. Alex Lin can teach his town how to dispose of e-waste properly so 100% of residents can know how not just 12%. If people stop burning and throwing e-waste the chemicals won't seep into the ground and harm people,crops or plants, and ecosystem. This shows that e-waste has a negative impact on the environment which is the solution to this e-waste problem.

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