SCIE 1P50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Iphone 6, Incineration, Source Reduction
20 Oct 2016
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Waste covered by basel con"t: ignitability, definition. Wastes that can cause fires under certain conditions or are spontaneously combustible: examples. Reactive wastes are unstable under normal conditions". Explosives: eco-toxicity (newest category of waste, definition. Eco-topic waste is harmful or fatal to species or to the ecological integrity of their habitats: examples. Se, aso, cd, cr, co, mn, br, ba, pbdes. Effects on soil: toxic leachates: hg, cd, pb, p, becomes a problem when the water leaks into our system as it carries these chemicals, uncontrolled fire risk toxic fumes. When it breaks down, easiest way to get rid of the things you don"t want, one would burn it: biologically non-degradable: cd, hg, bfrs. To put it in context, it took us 22 years to sell 55 million macs, about five years to sell 22 million ipods and about three years to sell that many iphones it"s on a trajectory that"s off the charts .
