The Horse 2019/20

Technology & Environment

Plastic waste? What is that?

4. March 2020 Nicole-Anderegg Mineral resouces, VZ19A (5)

First of all, what is plastic? It is a durable material that takes up to 450 decompose. It is estimated that 3-10% of the 300 million tonnes produced every year end up directly in the oceans. 

How can you reduce using plastic? Try not to use plastic bags. Require a bag made of fabric instead. And in place of plastic bottles buy a bottle, which is a little expensive but one that you can use for a long time. Say no to plastic utensils and avoid microbeads. More...

Where does your phone end up?

4. March 2020 Giorgio-Zanatta Mineral resouces, VZ19A (3)

Definiton:

What is electronic waste?

Electronic waste are used electronics which are destined for refurbishment, reuse, resale and recycling.

 

Norway and other european countrys lead the world electronic waste production. In 2017, each inhabitant in Norway produced 28.5 kg of electronic waste.

However, electronic devices can be recycled. They are often shredded and sorted. After they are separated into clean commodities that can be used to make new products.

The problem is, not every electronic device can be recycled easily. For example ovens or cooling equipments such as freezers, are often full of toxic chemicals such as lead and ozone destroying substances. 

Sadly, electronic waste does often get mixed up with general household waste. If it ends up in general waste, it can not be recycled. This is why an efficient separation of waste is very important!

 

Question:

How big is the largest electronic waste landfill in Ghana? (landfill = Müllhalde)

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4. March 2020 Eliane-Suter Mineral resouces, VZ19A (0)

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house-sharing

2. March 2020 Cem-Durdu M17a Zurich, SHARING (0)

Hello everyone

 

our idea is to share your own house while you don't need it yourself because you are on vacation, for example. During this time someone else could use the house but would have to leave it as it was received. That would be ideal if you are on vacation, but don't want to go to a hotel or something like this and just use another person's house

 

Regards 

Oscar, Cem

membership card-sharing

2. March 2020 Cem-Durdu M17a Zurich, SHARING (3)

Hello everyone

 

Our idea is to share any kind of membership card.

For example, if you have a gym subscription but cannot go every day, you could give your member card or badge to someone else or borrow it so that they can benefit from it. In return, the other person would simply pay a small amount or half of the membership. So you could save a lot of money and get most of the subscription.

 

Deia, Cem

food-sharing

2. March 2020 Cem-Durdu M17a Zurich, SHARING (1)

Hello everyone

 

We noticed that people don’t like sharing their food. But why?

Actually we will never be able to find out the answer, but it is always great to share food before you are full or have already eaten half of it. Unfortunately we usually think of sharing too late when eating. If you order dinner for two and are not sure what to take, you could just take 2 different things and share them

 

Regards

David, Cem