The waste contains toxic chemicals such as lead, arsenic and cadmium, which leach into the soil and contaminate the drinking water.
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What does sustainability mean?
making as much use of our existing resources as possible
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What is the best way to recycle a perfectly working device?
To give it to someone else to use
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If your device is not donated to someone else, what else can be done to recycle?
The device gets broken up to extract as many valuable materials and metal from it, such as lead, gold and copper.
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How does the use of energy from computer servers effect the environment?
There is alot of electricity used to power up the computer servers and to keep them cool, whihc produces greenhouse gases due to the way it is being generated.
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How can you save energy with your computer?
by putting your computer into sleep mode or switch it off when not in use.
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How can ICT help to reduce energy with building managment?
The building have computer controlled environment systems in place such as air conditioning, automatic window openers, sun screens, solar panels, energy monitoring displays, low energy LED lighting controls, water conservation systems.
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Card 2
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What does sustainability mean?
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making as much use of our existing resources as possible
Card 3
Front
What is the best way to recycle a perfectly working device?
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Card 4
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If your device is not donated to someone else, what else can be done to recycle?
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Card 5
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How does the use of energy from computer servers effect the environment?
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