E-waste, and any logical reason why e-waste is growing
What is the fastest growing trash category? And why do you think this is?
100
any logical discussion
“Americans are less willing to invest in change because it’s so cheap to simply ship waste abroad and so profitable to poison the poor.” What are your thoughts about this quote and what could we do to change this?
100
$622 million, and any logical reason
In 2007 the category of “waste and recycling” drew how much in investments. What was the amount and why do you think that was?
100
Taizhou
What Chinese city has a lot of e-waste dumping?
100
1,700
According to the article, how many operating landfills are there in the United States?
200
It gets shipped away to poorer countries and the toxins poison them
What happens to most of our country's e-waste?
200
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
What does BANANA stand for?
200
General Motors
What major auto maker invested around $500 million in Coskata?
200
The glass is coated with barium oxide and lead and if put in a landfill and possibly get into drinking water and harm a lot of people
What is danger with cathode ray tubes?
200
Dump to Pump is a way to produce ethanol by using botulism-related bacteria which feed on gas produced by the trash and excrete ethanol
What is “Dump to Pump”?
300
130 million items, and good discussion
What is the amount of e-waste Americans "retire" each year, and why do you think that is?
300
Confined and Unconfined
What are the two kinds of aquifers?
300
15,000
How much is a 16 square foot box of memory sticks worth?
300
The toxins from e-waste
What is the reason for the polluted lake in Taizhou?
300
It is hard for them to obtain carbon-rich tires, plastics and paper in the proper form
What is a major obstacle for Coskata?
400
70%
What percent of heavy metal contamination comes from e-waste?
400
Any valid discussion
What have you learned from reading these articles?
400
any valid discussion
Why do you think there is such a high demand for trash from companies?
400
Mining, Eastern gorillas of the Congo
Where does about 45% of toxics produced in the U.S. come from? What type of animal was harmed in a foreign country because of this practice?
400
any kind of discussion
What are your thought on the quote from Donald, the homeless man, where is states, “This-here, hold it- this is money. Money is on the streets. Money is in trash cans. Isn’t that the stupidest thing in the world?”
500
each team receives points
What are you going to do with your e-waste now after reading these articles? (whole group answers)
500
They were missing a leg
What was the mutation that the frogs had from the lake in Taizhou?
500
$200 million and a valid discussion
The Catterton Partners made about $40 million in sales in 2006, what are they on pace to make in 2010 and does that number surprise you?
500
any good discussion
Discuss what goes on in the recycling village of Taizhou
500
Strategic Materials has cleaner and better glass. Also they have an efficient plant that uses less energy.
Why do you think there is a high demand for glass from the company Strategic Materials than compared to other recycled glass companies?