PREVIEW
SHARECourse Info
10 video lessons (51 Mins)
Published
2023
Preview Course
Browse Course Chapters
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1.Introduction
2 mins
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2.What is E-Waste?
5 mins
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3.The Importance of E-Waste
5 mins
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4.Classification of E-Waste
3 mins
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5.Challenges with E-Waste in Municipal Solid Waste Management
5 mins
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6.E-Waste Challenges with Recycling and Circularity
10 mins
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7.E-Waste Challenges on Labor Markets
3 mins
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8.U.S. E-Waste Programs
8 mins
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9.International Approaches to E-Waste
6 mins
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10.Resources and References
1 min
What You Will Learn
- Understand the critical need to address electronic waste.
- Familiarize participants with the challenges of e-waste circularity and recycling approaches.
- Learn about domestic and international approaches to e-waste management including cost burdens of its management.
- Clarify often unexplored impacts on labor markets and e-waste recycling workers.
- Broaden the participant’s understanding of e-waste and the dire consequences of inadequately addressing its challenges.
Course Description
Did you know that nearly 90% of e-waste isn't recycled, but rather ends up in landfills? This is a huge missed opportunity that can have catastrophic effects on the environment and public health. In many communities, the exponential growth of e-waste is having an extensive impact on the waste stream. This course will introduce the implications of poorly managed e-waste and explore approaches by communities to tackling e-waste. Students will examine key considerations and challenges with circularity and the recycling of e-waste and gain a better understanding of the urgent need to tackle e-waste through the lens of sustainability.
Learn these skills
- Economics
- Environmental Planning
- Land Use
- Sustainability
AICP CM
This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit.
CIP
This course is eligible for self-reported CIP unstructured CPL units.
