Tech and the Environment
E-waste: Issues and Effects - Written Assignment
Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1A0JxBS2gLxtNAsqjL-APhZmdXwVrtTzx/view?usp=sharing
Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1A0JxBS2gLxtNAsqjL-APhZmdXwVrtTzx/view?usp=sharing
Requirements:
1. Watch the e-waste video from the link/video above.
2. Using a computer and a word processing application (ie: Google Docs, Word) to answer the following questions in detail:
3. Watch the CityNews story below that covers a local Toronto company making a difference to battle e-waste. Identify what the company (www.spartagroup.ca/) is specifically doing to reduce/eliminate and process e-waste.
1. Watch the e-waste video from the link/video above.
2. Using a computer and a word processing application (ie: Google Docs, Word) to answer the following questions in detail:
- Where is Ghana?
- Briefly explain what e-waste is?
- Where does the e-waste in Ghana come from?
- Briefly explain the main issues? Be specific.
- Why do the children light fires? What are they looking for? Why are the fires unsafe?
- Briefly explain solutions to resolve these issues?
3. Watch the CityNews story below that covers a local Toronto company making a difference to battle e-waste. Identify what the company (www.spartagroup.ca/) is specifically doing to reduce/eliminate and process e-waste.
4. Submit typed document to the assignment inbox in your our class Brightspace VLE.