WEEE

Question 1

what does WEEE stand for?

Answer 1

waste electrical and electronic equipment

Question 2

how many tonnes of WEEE are produced every year?

Answer 2

40-50 million tonnes.

Question 3

what is the growth rate of WEEE?

Answer 3

4-5%

Question 4

how is WEEE generated in societies?

Answer 4

market forces, consumer behaviour, lack of infrastucture and knowledge

Question 5

why is WEEE increasing?

Answer 5

advertisement and social pressure

Question 6

what is EEE defined as?

Answer 6

equipment which is dependent on electrical currents or electromagnetic fields.

Question 7

what is bad about Ewaste?

Answer 7

hazardoud content, can cause major environmental and health problems.

Question 8

how can you improve environmental management of WEEE?

Answer 8

contribute to circular economy, enhance resource efficiency, improve collection treatment, recycling, or elecctronics

Question 9

what is historical WEEE?

Answer 9

goes back to 2005 and before

Question 10

what is household WEEE?

Answer 10

2006 to a consumer onwards

Question 11

what is non-household WEEE?

Answer 11

EEE sold post 2006 to a business, organsiation or institute

Question 12

what is B2B?

Answer 12

business to business. businesses selling EEE to businesses, organisations or institutes

Question 13

what is B2C?

Answer 13

business to consumer.

Question 14

what happened in 1975?

Answer 14

Eu started the waste hierarchy. they set out rules by wchich people should deal with waste.

Question 15

what are the rules of the waste hierarchy?

Answer 15

aviodance and minimisation. reuse ,recycle, recovery, disposal. preventation or disposal.

Question 16

what is circular economy?

Answer 16

means your waste becomes someones raw material

Question 17

what are the resources within WEEE?

Answer 17

plastics, glass, metals.

Question 18

what are the different categories of WEEE?

Answer 18

temperature exchange equipment, screens, lamps, large equipment, small equipment, small IT.

Question 19

why is modern high tech EEE important to recycle?

Answer 19

they hold very precious metals and critical raw materials. large proportion of anthropogentic stocks.

Question 20

what is hybernating?

Answer 20

collected from the comsuer, moving from a to be, and being treated and processed to come back

Question 21

what is hoarding?

Answer 21

consumers indefinietly store obsolete EEE that are no longer used or wanted.

Question 22

what is the average household hoard in USA?

Answer 22

4.1 small and 2.4 marge EEE in attic or basement.

Question 23

how do you desk study EEE?

Answer 23

take pictures of the households and ask how many EEE they have in thier house.

Question 24

how have EEE changed over the years?

Answer 24

rados havent changed much. mobile phones have changes the most, in weight and materials. rapid evolution.

Question 25

what was the EU waste hierarchy called?

Answer 25

European Union's waste framework directive

Question 26

what happeneing in 1989?

Answer 26

it was formalised as an ordered system of preferred management motions in eurpoean commissions community straegy for waste management.

Question 27

what happened in 2008?

Answer 27

european parliament announced a new ersion of the waste hierarchy, which members state must be introduced into national laws.

Question 28

what are the 3 objectives of the 7th enviroenmental action programme EAP?

Answer 28

to protect, conserve and enhance the EU natural capital, turn the EU into a resrouce-efficient, green, and competitive low-carbon econooy, and safeguard the EU's citizens from environment -relatied pressures and risks to health adn well being.

Question 29

what challenges must be met for WEEE?

Answer 29

development of suitable waste management strategy, establishment of suitable collection of systems, funding and construction of appropriate treatment, systems for data collection, human resources .

Question 30

what are the public concerns for waste disposal?

Answer 30

impatcs of emissions from waste incinerators on human health and the environment. therefore, no incinerators were made form 1970 onwards.

Question 31

what was the most significant change in 2000's?

Answer 31

when the impacts of EUs land fill directive started to become apparent.

Question 32

when was the land fill tax made?

Answer 32

1996

Question 33

what can we use instead of disposal?

Answer 33

recycling, composting.