I need some ideas to make people in community educated about e-waste?

Question

Our city does not do a good job of letting people know that they shouldn't just throw cell phones, computers, monitors, etc. in the trash. How can you make them more aware?

Answer 1

1. Make the charges to their bills higher for those objects. Send them letters saying how they can properly dispose of those items. Most people do not know.
2. Some places re-service old technological items like the ones you listed and donate them to needy families, thus stopping the waste and helping others. If yours does this, gather a group of teens who are hoping to get computers/cell phones/etc. through the program and have them go door to door to ask for donations and explain the program.
3. Create a one-stop recycling center in your town, with places for plastic jugs, plastic bags, paper bags, styrofoam, all types of glass, newspaper, aluminum cans, steel cans, oil, old batteries, paint, cell phones, computers, etc. Also have a donation box on the same property for still-working items, clothes, etc. so they may go to needy families.
4. Keep flyers to educate the public on permanent display at your local library. Also post them in many stores, particularly grocery stores and places to buy cell phones and computers.
5. Get volunteers to drive "mobile donation units" to pick up donations at homes. They could go door to door and ask for donations or simply be on call (in which case, a cheap or free ad in the classifieds of a local paper, running constantly, would be a good idea).
6. Never underestimate word of mouth. Tell 5 people and make them promise to tell 5 and so on.
7. Set up an incentive program, like a coupon for a set amount off the next computer bought at a certain retailer for donating a computer, and a similar program for cell phones, etc.
8. Have a town meeting to talk about it.
9. A great idea: go to a local elementary school and ask that they either do a play about the program for picking up recyclables or announce it or both.
10. Offer rewards to all high school students for whoever can collect the most computers and cell phones by going door-to-door and/or checking people's trash piles (with permission, of course).

Any combination of those ideas will help. Come to think of it, I'm not sure we have a program in our town... time to get on the ball!

Answer 2

Well, you have started by seeking ideas here. Now I would suggest letters to the editor of you local newspapers and letters to your local elected reps as your next step. You can attend city and county governmental meetings as well. Perhaps there is a place for you in the local government as a citizen adviser. Our town as citizen advisory panels for several topics, such as parks, senior issues and such. Call your alderman or councilman and start there.

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Answer 3

Hi. One way would be to reward people who recycle the items with a tax break or renumeration. Say $1 per pound.

Answer 4

i do no longer comprehend why people who have self assurance in technology and evolution brush aside the belief of God, and people of religion and faith brush aside the thought of evolution. i'm a theist, i think in God. I even have self assurance that evolution is a factor of God's advent. yet maximum of religious enthusiasts accessible think of that evolution is technology and as a result incorrect. It explains how each little thing got here into being.

Answer 5

i Have dealt with a stuborn pigheaded comunity for 7 years and it is hard going and you need to bring out the heavy guns

read Lester E.Browns little book Plan B ,a planet under stress,it is full of impressive background information and will give you more authority to speak about things
it is in Adobe on the net ,and is very wellknown ,has been translated into many languages ,the author is the founder and director of the global department of Environment in the USA,

give the people some horror stories ,some gruesome facts and then suggest ways of green behaviour


organise well publicized clean up parties ,talk on the radio
have citizan meetings
get the shools involved to plant trees and listen to environmental awareness talks,

that is what we do in Mexico

POSITIVE ACTIONS
print Tshirts with slogans ,hang posters all over the place (with recycled paper if possible)

classify trash take out all the organic waste and make compost with it ,the worst you can do is throw it with the trash

70% of contamination is due to organic waste that is mixed in with the garbage .
and it is just as bad in the sewer where it helps to breed rats and in the landfill it poisons the ground

and it is the easiest to take care of
o first of all we have to clasify trash at least keep the organic to one side ,like in a plasic bin with a lid

if you got a few meters of ground ,you only need 1 or 2 square meters in a shallow hole ,in the shade ,that you can wet now and again ,where you dump everything that is organic ,from toilet paper,bones vegetable cuttings ,eggshells,,dead bodies ,excrement ,and cover regularly with leaves to keep humid and to hide any smell
the worms will come and decompose the wastes truning it into beautifull blck soil for the garden of flower pots .

if you are in a apartment ,if you have a balcony get a big plastic bin drill some holes in the side and lid ,

and add a few buckets of sand now and again to put over the trash ,you should realt stir or move the stuff at times to airate it and ensure that the decomposition is overall ,keep moist

this rubbish does not get big very fast and the thing works for a long time with out getting full

got a compost heap in the garden for 6 years ,have added tons of banana poles ,and palm leaves at times tree trunks ,the mountain goes up and down and never seems to get any bigger ,the stuff rots and becomes a very fine black compost of high density

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global warming cannot be stopped but we can stop helping it becoming faster,and being friendlier to out Environment cannot be bad

if you do any cleaning up leave signs behind saying who cleaned,why and ask people not to start dumping rubbish again ,leave a hole or bins ,in case people come with trash ,

we have done a lot of comunity cleaning and if you dont leave alternatives or try to work on peoples guilt feelings (some people actually have those ,but not many)
than your efforts are a waste of time.

these are Al gores sites
http://events.stepitup2007.org/............
http://www.stepitup2007.org/

http://events.stepitup2007.org/............


if you want to help the planet ,plant a tree every week ,if everyone on the planet did we we would be able to slowdown the destructive processes

reduce carbon emisions,and they are already working on that by alternative forms of energy and regulations on carbon producing materials,aerosol cans,burning rubbish,industrial chimneys,powerplants etc.

the capture of carbon and the production of water and assist the aquiferous manta.

the world bank pays large subsidies for reforrestation to capture carbon and the best tree for this is the Pawlonia

Waterharvesting projects ,such as millions of small dams.to redirect over ground waterflows from the rains into the ground to supply subteranian water supplies.

the protection of existing forrests.

stop building more highways,urban planning to include vegetation stop building cities encourage people to return to the land to conduct their business from there which now has become possible thanks to the internet.

education to motivate people to auto sufficiency by building more home food gardens.

education on environmental awareness
education on family planning to curb over´population

Agricultural education and improvements to follow the principals or sustainability and soil management.

more environmental or land ,design to prevent bush fires,such as--fire breaks

,more dams.regulations and control for public behaviour

alternative effeciant public transport to discourage the use of the internal conbustion engine

recicling wastes,limit water use

here are a 100 more ways

http://www.eco-gaia.net/forum-pt/index.p...

Answer 6

You would be e-wasting your time and theirs. Why don't you get a pick-up truck and race the trash truck to grab stuff like that and take it to recyclers and precious metal reclaimers and make some money?