more than five per cent of all municipal
whoyg2721 | 16 November, 2009 20:24
The United Nations estimates that roughly 20 to 50
million tons of e-waste are generated worldwide
each year, comprising more than five per cent of
all municipal solid waste.
Mobile phones game
machines contain inorganic materials, metals
and plastic that can be recycled as part of the
sustainable e-waste management. “The battery is
removed from the handset and metals like gold,
titanium and copper can be reused once they are
treated.
“The plastic can be reused to make traffic cones
and park benches. It is important for people to
realise that up to 80 per cent of the device can be
recycled,” said Ranta-aho.
A UAE resident has more than two mobile phones on
average but freshwater
pearl jewelry use only one. Recycling just one
unused phone of all people can save nearly 80,000
tonnes of raw materials.
EnviroFone, a mobile phone and e-waste collection
campaign by cultured pearl
jewelry etisalat, collected 40,000 mobile
phones and 23 tonnes of other electronic wastes in
the UAE in the beginning of this year. In 2008,
200,000 mobile phones and 52 tonnes of e-waste were
collected.
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waste are generated worldwide each year,
whoyg2721 | 16 November, 2009 20:23
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The United Nations estimates that roughly 20 to 50
million tons of e-waste are generated worldwide
each year, comprising more than five per cent of
all municipal solid waste.
Mobile phones contain inorganic materials, metals
and plastic that pearl earrings
can be recycled as part of the sustainable e-waste
management. “The battery is removed from the
handset and metals like gold, titanium and copper
can be reused once they are treated.
“The plastic can be reused to make traffic cones
and park benches. It is important for people to
realise that wheat
pearl up to 80 per cent of the device can be
recycled,” said Ranta-aho.
A UAE resident has more than two mobile phones on
average but use only one. Recycling just one unused
phone of all people can save nearly 80,000 tonnes
of raw materials.
EnviroFone, a mobile phone and e-waste collection
campaign pearl
earrings by etisalat, collected 40,000 mobile
phones and 23 tonnes of other electronic wastes in
the UAE in the beginning of this year. In 2008,
200,000 mobile phones and 52 tonnes of e-waste were
collected.
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Also, the consumption trend must
whoyg2721 | 16 November, 2009 20:22
The Dubai Municipality has developed a
refurbishment programme to upgrade discarded
computers and donate them to charity. It aims to
collect over 10,000 computers annually.
Recycling e-waste cultured pearl
jewelry does not only save the environment but
can slow the depletion of essential resources. “A
landfill or improper incineration pollutes the
ground and emits toxins which is harmful for people
and animals. “Also, the consumption trend must be
supplemented with a waste management system because
if we do not put the metals back into the loop,
then the global supply will eventually deplete and
there are economic consequences as well,” said
Ranta-aho.
Many countries follow a producer take-back law that
makes manufacturers responsible for recycling used
electronic items. The UAE currently does not have
any pearl
earringssuch regulation and while waste,
including plastic, can be locally recycled, other
materials need to be exported to facilities in
other countries for recycling.
By 2010, it is estimated that the e-waste in
industrialised and developing countries will triple.
EEG has joined Nokia to set up mobile phone
collection points in the country and create
awareness among the public. “As individuals, we can
pearl
jewelry contribute by segregating our waste to
make sure that e-wastes are delivered to the proper
disposal systems,” said Al Hashimi.
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Kuwait’s constitutional
whoyg2721 | 16 November, 2009 20:20
Kuwait’s constitutional court on Wednesday rejected
a petition brought by four voters to declare
invalid the election of two women MPs because they
refuse game
machines to wear the hijab headscarf.
The decision of the court, whose rulings are final,
was announced to reporters by the chairman of the
court, Yussef Ghanam Al Rashid.
Two of the freshwater
pearl jewelry four women who became Kuwait’s
first female MPs in May refuse to wear the hijab,
which has also been spurned by the only woman
appointed as a minister in the Kuwaiti government
following the May election.
The voters said the two MPs had flouted a clause in
an cultured
pearl jewelry election law stipulating that
women voters and candidates must comply with
Islamic Sharia regulations, including wearing the
hijab.
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The verdict does not change
whoyg2721 | 16 November, 2009 20:19
Explaining its decision in a written verdict, the
court said the election law fails to specify the
type of regulations women must adhere to or whether
that pearl
jewelry included wearing the hijab.
It also pointed out that the Kuwaiti constitution,
which is higher than any law, guarantees personal
freedom and freedom of faith and does not
discriminate between people over their religion or sex.
The emirate’s fatwa department, which issues
religious edicts, ruled in early October that
Muslim women must wear the hijab in line with
Islamic sharia law.
Islamist MPs are demanding the authorities enforce
the fatwa, but wheat pearl their
liberal colleagues say it is non-binding, insisting
the rule of law and the constitution should be the
only points of reference.
Kuwait does not enforce any dress code on women
among the general public, because of the
constitutional guarantee of personal freedom.
The constitutional court also scrapped the election
of MP Badi Al Dossari and declared former candidate
pearl
earrings Khaled Al Adwah a winner after finding
mathematical errors in calculations of the number
of votes they got in the May elections.
After re-calculating the votes, the court said it
found that Adwah had secured more votes than
Dossari. The verdict does not change the
composition of the house, as both men are tribal
representatives.
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