• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • Handling E-Waste with care: prevention against e-pollution hazards via the 'Recycle-Reuse-Share-Repair' scheme In Brisbane, Australia

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    KalantidouPUB1395.pdf (569.6Kb)
    File version
    Version of Record (VoR)
    Author(s)
    Kalantidou, Eleni
    Walsh, Felicity
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Walsh, Felicity
    Kalantidou, Eleni
    Year published
    2016
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Electronic waste appears to be a condition that, despite United Nations warnings about its expansion and the health hazards produced by it, is not being perceived as a threat concerning the protection of the inhabitants of urban environments. Staggering data presented by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2013) indicate that by 2028 181,000 tones or 44 million units of computers and televisions will be thrown away, a fact related to harmful health effects; In particular, materials such as lead, cadmium, chromium and soil contamination generated by chemicals consequently impacting plants, animals and water have been linked ...
    View more >
    Electronic waste appears to be a condition that, despite United Nations warnings about its expansion and the health hazards produced by it, is not being perceived as a threat concerning the protection of the inhabitants of urban environments. Staggering data presented by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2013) indicate that by 2028 181,000 tones or 44 million units of computers and televisions will be thrown away, a fact related to harmful health effects; In particular, materials such as lead, cadmium, chromium and soil contamination generated by chemicals consequently impacting plants, animals and water have been linked to health conditions, especially children’s as stressed by the World Health Organisation (2013). This paper demonstrates ways of minimising the impact of e-waste by educating city residents how and where to responsibly dispose mal/non-functioning electronics as well as how to encourage a pro-sustaining psychology against planned obsolescence via the ‘Recycle-Reuse-Share-Repair’ scheme. The scheme makes available all the drop-off, information, repair, reuse and share facilities of electronic waste and broken or unused electronic goods in Brisbane, which are embedded in a pre-existing digital platform and an Application. The descriptive case study (Yin, 2013) was chosen as the method for the identification and assessment of the e-waste facilities of ‘Recycle-Reuse-Share-Repair’ and a qualitative approach was adopted for the collection of data. Through this scheme it is anticipated that the local community will get motivated to shift from keeping at home or improperly discarding electronics to repair those that can be fixed, share those that are no longer needed and responsibly recycle those that cannot have a second life. To resume, the intention of this research project is to facilitate the harvest of components and materials of faulty and outdated electronics so as to not end up in landfills subsequently causing unnecessary risks for human health.
    View less >
    Conference Title
    Safe Cities Conference Proceedings 2016
    Publisher URI
    https://safecities.net.au/
    Copyright Statement
    © 2016 Safe Cities Conference. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the author(s).
    Subject
    Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/123742
    Collection
    • Conference outputs

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander