Did you know that on average Americans replace their cell phones every 22 months? Do we throw them away because they lose their value to us, or because there is something newer and more able to do the things we are told we “need”? Consumerists are always looking for the most modern and advanced piece of high tech to replace their old ones, which were just as new and exciting to us as these ones were when we upgraded to them, from our old ones. It’s a pursuit of the american dream, of being the most up to date and in style. In her article “Where Do Old Cellphones Go to Die?”, Leyla Acaroglu dives further into the matter and sheds light on just how and where our old technology is ending up. Bringing attention to the health risks of the children and women in third-world countries, and the bills that were never passed in the US to make for safer recycling. She pushes for us consumers to make a difference in the afterlife of our technology, not just our cell phones- our old computers, televisions, and things of that sort, think of all the things you’ve unknowingly sent off for someone else to deal with and how you could change it. It has become common today to dismiss the importance of proper recycling for e-waste, people do not …show more content…
There is one specific that Acaroglu brings to attention in this article, one that would make it illegal for americans to traffic and export all of our e-trash! This bill is known as “The Responsible Electronics Recycling Act”, introduced in 2011, unfortunately it was not put to a vote. I question this personally, who wouldn’t want to put an end to harming others in third world countries for our own selfishness? American as a whole is selfish, only considering themselves and not caring for anyone who gets hurt in the way. Is there a way to put this bill back in to be considered to be put to vote? If more people were educated on the effects I believe we could really make a
The video, 60 Minutes – Electronic Wasteland, produced by Solly Granatstein, show us the cruel reality of the environmental consequences of human activities and life style and how the emissions from these recycling practices are damaging human health and the environment. Electronic waste (E-waste) contains toxic components like Lead, Mercury, Chromium, Cadmium, Polyvinyl Chloride, that affects the overall wellness of the human body and the ecosystem that is exposed. Some of the health effects of these toxins on the human body include brain damage, kidney disease, mutations, different types of cancers, birth defects, reproductive system damage, and much more. This video, it is very impressive and totally change my way of thinking and acting,
“In December 2007, Annie Leonard released the online video The Story of Stuff, which, in a lively graphic style, sums up her past 20 years in global pursuit of the truth about the things we buy, use, and throw away”(Robins). As Robbins has stated in Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff video she presented a claim. This claim is presented to the audience using three appeals, logic, ethics, and emotion. In this essay I will try to analyze Leonard’s claim and the way she used the three main rhetorical devices, ethical appeal, emotional appeal, and appeal to logic.
Her project is that we need to kick back and challenge the idea that more is
I feel like her message provides a more inspiring message instead of just saying than "Other People are Hell. " I feel like it encourages other people to be more positive and try to make a difference in their communities, than just saying that everyone is horrible.
Have IPhone’s Taken Over? Technology as we all know have been around for the past years and is very convenient for many people. Having impacts on people lives in a good and bad way and a very profound effect on humanity. IPhone’s seem to be one of the better developed, and used more in this generation of mine. A very helpful tool that everyone carries around and uses on a daily basis.
Cell phones have almost passed up laptops and it’s only getting worse.
Imagine living in a world where the air is polluted and most people are afraid to step outside their front door, in the near future, this may be reality for Americans. Americans throw out over 200 million tons of garbage a year, yet recycle not nearly as much. Most people do not realize it but recycling is a vital part of America’s society and if Americans do not perform this action, it will backfire on them. People in America are debating whether Americans are recycling enough and correctly. After analyzing the data, one will definitely agree that Americans need to be more educated on recycling due to the fact that most people do not know what happens after they recycle an item, nearly all Americans are recycling incorrectly, and Am To begin,
When a person doesn’t buy as many unnecessary items, they save money. Einstein stated “All that is valuable… depends on the opportunity for development…” Since there are opportunities to save money and financially help the individual, recycling becomes valuable. There are also global advantages to recycling: by recycling, people are “helping to reduce global environment damage and making this earth a better place on which to live” (9). This obvious impact is what makes recycling valuable.
The use of plastic bags has been debated for years. Some people prefer to use them, and others would rather use substitutes, and most have their personal reasons why they lean one way or the other in the argument. In this article, the author addresses why he believes plastic bags should not be banned. The author, Adam B. Summers, uses various literary tools and appeals throughout his article, "Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and Environment," to support his argument that banning plastic bags would do more harm than good. Logical appeal is the most frequently used literary device in the passage.
This shows that she has experienced the issue and it proves to the audience that she does know what she is talking about. She makes it clear that she feels strongly about the topic and knows that she can make a difference in the world by talking about. Even
If you are like me, in your twenties, always falling for the latest models or trends, but never thinking about purchases or garbage - this book will change the way you think about how much waste we actually produce on a daily basis, specifically plastic waste. Freinkel notes that the world consumes over 600 billion pounds of plastic annually today (pg. 14). As a science writer and graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University Graduate School, Freinkel is aware of the growing recycling problem of our world. One day she decided she was going to go an entire day without touching any plastic. That was quickly changed within the first 30 seconds when she needed to use the restroom.
However, these people fail to see the benefits of this new technology. The world is now more interconnected than ever before and nearly all aspects of it depend on such technology. According to the PewResearchCenter research on mobile technology, ''as of October 2014, nearly 64% of Americans own a smartphone'' (73% of the population as of 2014 in Canada, according to J.D Power & Associates). Information flows rapidly thanks to social media, uniting us all as a species and helping us build a stronger economy. With the release of their iPhone in 2007, Apple revolutionized basic concepts like the telephone.
Today, almost every person caries a smart phone with them and some can’t survive the day without it. There are many companies and manufacturers who build smart phones like the popular ones such as Htc, Nokia, Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Motorola, Sony and many more, but what makes those companies not alike are the phones they release through the years, but are they that different? To compare, let us take an example of two leading rival companies in the field of smart phones, Samsung and Apple, who newly released their flagship devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Apple iPhone 6 plus. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 features a 5.7 inch Super Amoled touch screen, a 16 megapixel back facing camera, an octa core processor with 3 gb of Ram and a 3220 mah battery whereas the Apple iphone 6 plus comes with a 5.5 inch retina display touch screen, an 8 megapixel back facing camera, dual core processor with 1 gb of Ram and a 2915 mah
When people buy new goods, they often have trash that comes from the packaging or the goods that they buy create trash; after we use these items until we feel the need for a newer version, we often just throw the used item into the nearest garbage can for it to sit in a landfill and cause harmful effects to our environment rather than recycling it or finding someone in need to give the item to. The topic of how Americans are producing excessive trash as a result of their compulsive-consumer lifestyle is brought to attention in the documentary in a scene where Nicodemus is discussing global warming as a result of this lifestyle Americans have adapted to. In the documentary, Nicodemus is voicing over a video montage of landfills with trash stacked as tall as city buildings, while the visual aspect of the film is showing how much of this waste is from packaging of goods; the auditory aspect of Nicodemus’ voice is discussing how much we could reduce our carbon footprint if we reduce how many items we compulsively