little is known about occupational exposure to microbiological agents. This study aims to fill that gap. For that purpose, two e-waste facilities were assessed: one battery-recycling facility (BRF), and another facility
There are still many open ended questions about where these rolls will end up. But, we can say for sure, that they have not been recycled as claimed, and because there areno operational recycling facilities in the U.S. to handle a complex mixture like this, we doubt that the Portsmouth ...
BAN installed 200 GPS tracking devices into “used, non-functional computer equipment that its research team delivered to publicly accessible e-waste recycling drop-off sites around the U.S.” This equipment was left for recycling in more than a dozen states across the country between July 1, ...
Microorganisms are the major scavengers in nature, responsible for recycling most natural waste materials into harmless compounds. When faced with an increasing array of synthetic compounds, such as various chlorinated compounds manufactured by the chemical industry for use as herbicides/pesticides, ...
However, in Pb contaminated areas, relatively high concentrations of Pb were found in food samples [72,75]. In 11 mining-impacted areas in Hunan province in China, median Pb concentrations ranged from 0.05 mg/kg to 0.78 mg/kg [75]. In an e-waste recycling area in southeast China, the ...
I would be willing to revisit my opinions if there was some scientific evidence to support the emotional appeals, but I am not in favor of destroying good paying jobs that are reducing the carbon footprint of our wastestream, and recycling which I support, based upon rumors and speculation....
The most environmentally friendly way to dispose of e-waste is to donate it for reuse or drop it off at a recycling center. The EPA website offers many e-waste reference tools, from directories of local and government-supported drop-off centers to manufacturers' mail-in recycling and trade-...
Occupational health and safety, metal exposures and multi-exposures health risk in Canadian electronic waste recycling facilities Waste Manage., 165 (2023), pp. 140-149 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar 36. H.-F. Chang, P.-T. Yang, Y. Hashimoto, K.-C. Yeh, S.-L. Wang Temporal transformatio...
n unverified press report in 2018 claimed that there are over 48,000 fatal accidents on worksites in India annually. Of these, construction sites account for nearly a quarter of all deaths while spaces such as manufacturing, processing, recycling, waste sorting and transportation, etc are virtual...
(in the micrograph; the plastic is HDPE) incubated in waste water for 6 month studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is presented. The formation process can be monitored under SEM; however, under different environmental conditions/factors as well as plastic type, different micrographs ...