Got Old Electronics?Sienna Antolin

ICS 101

April 21, 2015

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used-cell-phones.htm

Topics Covered

An individual’s relation to sustainability

What are electronics made of?

Sustainability connected to local, regional, and global issues

Be sustainable by donating or reusing

How to clean a hard drive?

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Individual’s Relation to Sustainability

Buy electronics, such as a cellphone, laptop, desktop computer, or tablet

2-3 years later, a new style or version comes out

So what do you do?

Donate or Reuse

Recycle

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs153/1102152493334/archive/1115067479431.html

http://ramadanblog.com/2011/08/donation-for-computer-institute.html

What are electronics made of?

Circuit boards, computer chips, monitors, and wiring are made of dangerous toxic ingredients

Such as lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, copper, and zinc

Also some products have flame-retardant chemicals

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Sustainability Connected to Local, Regional, and Global Issues

80 percent of electronic waste goes to China, India, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan

Effects on people because they have no safety gear

Effects on environment because chemicals can seep into ground or fumes are released into the atmosphere

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Be Sustainable by Donating or Reusing

Reuse your cellphone as a music player

Donate to friends to use

Microsoft donates to over 86,000 nonprofit organizations

Microsoft enabled the licensing of over 800,000 refurbished or discounted hardware devices around the different nonprofit organizations

www.Microsoft.com

How to Clean a Hard Drive?

MATERIALS

A blank CD

A copy of Darik’s Book and Nuke (http://www.dban.org)

A PC with a CD or DVD burner

CD/DVD burning software (Ahead Nero, Roxio Creator, etc.)

PREP

Download Darik’s Boot and Nuke software

Burn software to the blank CD

www.dansdata.com

Cleaning Hard Drive Cont’d

BACK UP DATA

PROCESS

Insert CD/DVD with Darik’s Boot and Nuke software

Reboot machine, and boot to disc

When loaded, press “enter” and choose “M” to get method screen

Select drive

Press F10 to start process

Allow time before turning off

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What Are You Going To Do Now?

Your role in sustainability

Materials that make up electronics have effects

You can also donate

Don’t forget to clean hard drive

www.hacep.org www.lucasuk.com

Resources

http://www.geeksquad.com/do-it-yourself/2mm/hard-drive-wipe.aspx

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132204954/after-dump-what-happens-to-electronic-waste

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/e-waste1.htm

https://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/nonprofits/