Got Old Electronics? Sienna Antolin ICS 101 April 21, 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? recycle-the-old-one/

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 334/archive/ html 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 Pixshark.com academic.emporia.edu plyojump.com

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 Blogs.voanews.com

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

How to Clean a Hard Drive?  MATERIALS  A blank CD  A copy of Darik’s Book and Nuke (  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

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 blog.cakewalk.com

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

Resources  wipe.aspx wipe.aspx  happens-to-electronic-waste happens-to-electronic-waste   us/nonprofits/ us/nonprofits/