8TH E-WASTE ESSAY SAMPLES

STUDENT A

What effect does Electronic Waste (E-Waste) have on human health? E-waste is waste created when people throw away their devices, or dispose of them in another way. E-Waste affects human health and the environment, but if we recycle out old devices, it might become less of a problem in the future.

  People are heavily affected by the toxins e-waste produces. Major health problems can occur, such as bone, respiratory, digestive, neurological, and other problems. (McAllister) According to McAllister, “Primary and secondary exposure to toxic metals, such as lead, results from open-air burning. Combustion from burning e-waste creates fine matter, which is linked to pulmonary and cardiovascular disease.” The waste it produces makes a bad environment for people to live in. If the waste is everywhere people will just keep developing heath problems, and living next to the waste isn’t healthy. Children are typically affected more by this as they’re outside more often and longer than adults are.

  E-Waste gets sent to other countries for combustion, which can seriously harm their environments. Human-it says that, “The workers at these centers tend to use primitive recycling techniques” such as acid leaching and cable burning to recover the valuable metals that constitute the waste. These methods then release multiple hazardous byproducts into the environment.” This “combustion” releases toxins into the air and ground around. It also pollutes the air by making a lot of smoke. Having toxins in the ground is not good, because the food they grow will contain some of the toxins as well. These toxins can cause serious health problems.

 The solution to E-Waste could be as simple as having people start to recycle all of their old devices instead of throwing them out. We could also start to educate ourselves more about the problems and effects of E-waste. (E-Waste & Children) “What is needed is an end to end solution for electronic waste management and higher consumer awareness regarding the hazards of e-scrap and how it affects children.” (E-Waste & Children) If everyone did this we could start to move the waste out of those countries, and make it so it’s a healthy environment for the inhabitants in which to live in again.

  E-Waste negatively effects human health and the environment. It releases gasses and toxins into the air, which hurts the ecosystem and people’s health. This can cause illnesses in humans and infect our food sources with toxic chemicals. However, by recycling people can reduce the impacts E-Waste has on the environment.

STUDENT B

E-waste Pollution

What happens when e-waste is improperly disposed of? E-waste is electronic waste, E-waste begins when someone throws away any electronic or electrical device whether operating or not. E-waste is being improperly disposed of causing humans, and marine animals to be harmed, but donating electronics to those in need can reduce harsh chemicals from going into the air.

E-waste air pollution has been proven to be very harmful to humans. “ “Electronic waste contains toxic components that are dangerous to human health, such as mercury, lead, cadmium, polybrominated flame retardants, barium, and lithium. This can cause humans to develop brain, heart, liver, kidney and skeletal system damage.” (Elytus) Due to electronic waste being disposed of tons of toxic chemicals are being released into the air causing adults and children to be negatively affected with tons of diseases, which can potentially lead to trouble having children, cancers, heart disease, etc.

E-waste water pollution has been proven to be harmful to marine life. “Improperly disposed chemicals pollute marine life and kill sea mammals, corals, and fish,” Pimm says. “At the same time, sea birds are affected because they eat the fish.” (Belmont) Due to electronic waste being improperly disposed of, marine life is being harmed. When land animals such as sea birds eat toxic fish, and toxic sea plants they also are exposed to diseases such as death, deformities, trouble reproducing, etc. which could lead to a reduction of population in both marine animals and humans.

Donating your used electronics has been proven to be helpful to the environment “Donate used electronics to social programs—and help victims of domestic violence, children safety initiatives, environmental causes, and more.” (Harvard University) A useful way to stop e-waste is to donate electronics to useful causes. Instead of throwing away electronics and causing tons and tons of toxic chemicals into the air that are going to affect every living thing on earth, people can just donate it to those who need these electronics that can’t afford electronics for themselves.

Improperly disposed e-waste is causing humans, and marine animals to be harmed. Harsh chemicals in the air such as mercury, lead, and polybrominated flame retardants are causing humans to develop deformities and diseases such as cancer. When E-waste is improperly disposed of harsh chemicals can leak into the ocean causing marine animals to be harmed as well as anything that eats them. If electronics do not work anymore or if it is unwanted then donating electronics to the less fortunate can reduce e-waste pollution. Now that we know how improperly disposed of e-waste is affecting humans we can take the necessary steps to prevent it.

STUDENT C

How has Electronic-Waste pollution affected the world? E-waste is unused or non functional electronics that are left in waste sites that can negative impact surrounding environment. This can come from a wide range of computers, phones, watches, dishwashers, fridges, tablets, and more! The impacts from this type of waste is prevalent in groundwater and the humans that drink it. Humans and groundwater are negatively impacted by Electronic waste but this can be reduced by donating the leftover and unused electronic to homeless shelters and the people who need it.

 The Electronic waste and the pollution that it makes is toxic to humans and the environment.

According to the institution of physics, “In addition to its damaging effect on the environment and its illegal smuggling into developing countries, researchers have now linked e-waste to adverse effects on human health, such as inflammation and oxidative stress – precursors to cardiovascular disease, DNA damage and possibly cancer” (institute of physics). E-waste releases toxins into the air that can harm human health. This problem can cause diseases that can be fatal.

  E-waste is harmful to many things but ground water is an extremely important factor of life that is affected by this. According to IOP Publishing Ltd, “The very precious resource of Earth, the groundwater is being contaminated and polluted day by day. E-Waste is one of the major cause for this problem related to groundwater” (IOP Publishing Ltd). We should all know how important groundwater is and how it affects the whole environment. This makes it extremely bad that e waste contaminates it and is a daily worry.

  E waste is a big problem and can be solved by donating any unused or nonfunctional electronics. According to Electronic donation and recycling, “Donating or recycling consumer electronics conserves our natural resources and avoids air and water pollution, as well as greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by manufacturing virgin materials” (Electronic Donation and Recycling). The importance of solving a world wide issue is big and is taken very seriously. Donating this e waste can get rid of this big problem which has a major impact on life itself.

 E waste is a huge problem that can be solved by donating nonfunctional electronics to homeless shelters and people in need of any electronic they can get their hands on. E-waste affects humans, groundwater and all life, but how that may be solved is different in everyone perspective. Donating that leftover electronics that are just stored away planning to be thrown away affects everyone more than many think. It takes one to start a change. What may be said about e-waste and how it affects life all over the world?