Quest 3 – The technology we use

We can spread the word by telling it to friends, family, and maybe even making speeches to warn them about the pollution we're causing.
Or to make it easier, just advice people through social media.

We can spread the word to communities such as schools, governments and companies to urge them into taking e-waste as a serious thing that needs to be solved. Spread the news on Social Media, make speeches, and start a global movement like for climate change.

We can spread the word by conducting social media events that urge people to all the negativity caused by electronics and the e-waste they produce.

Make lessons like this reach as many people as possible :)
Illustrating by smartphone companies is also a good way.

start to mi e asteroids and comets for there materials as they are what brung all these materials to earth and life

I think that to really influence people or at least let them know what sort of effect there phone has on the environment we should convince the big phone marketers to have some sort of information provided as to the global footprint this make of phone has on the environment.This way it leaves it up to the buyer to make there decision.

Saint make more cellphones? Or, like, limit one per family. Because let’s face it: how many of the 9-19 yr olds with the newest model of cellphone are using them for anything but TikToks and YouTube and Instagram and everything. We should have one or two per household, there should be an age limit to buy a cellphone, and cellphones should not have entertainment applications. They should be used for what they were intended for; calling grandmothers or relatives who live far away. Calling 911 for a hospital or police assistance in an emergency, or finding a map when your lost in an unfamiliar place. Making plans and keeping in contact with friends who move away. The most important thing should be keeping in contact, not keeping connected to the internet.

yeah we can do that

I wish that companies could be more transparent about how their products are made. Although the companies may fear that they'd look bad, it would definitely motivate them to find cleaner, healthier, and safer ways to produce their products so that consumers would be happy to buy them, knowing that their shopping choices are not having such a large impact on the world.

We can make people more aware of the cost of electronics and the terrible e-waste by making electronics much more expensive. By jacking up the price, people will be able to see the true "cost" of their electronics. The excess money that is being generated would be used to clean up the mess that is made to make them. To make people more aware of the e-waste that electronics produce, we need to show them first hand of the devastating effects that it is having on developing nations worldwide. There are many people suffering from being poisoned by toxins, even women and children. We also need to show people what happens to our environment when e-waste isn't disposed of properly and all of the damage that it can cause.

We should encourage families to give their children flip phones/tracfones rather than smartphones. My parents did this for me and I am very thankful. It has kept me from spending so much time on my phone and helped me remember to connect with people in person, and not just on a phone. Not only will this help the mental health of the next generation, it can have good environmental impacts too! If the next generation realizes that they don't need the latest model of phone, we can reduce our consumption of precious and rare metals.

In today's world we cannot live without phones. We are totally dependent on it. So many underaged,poor, low wage people are engaged in this process of creating a "box". It have severe environmental impacts.

We should make awareness by creating an app that should be installed by all the people. The app should provide the users the details of environmental impacts, the poor people engaged in this process, the amounts of rare and precious metals required for making a phone.

We can tell others through social media and discuss it with friends and family.

Cell phones are causing a lot of the world's global warming and should be recycled not just thrown away

Make smartphone companies tell us the impact they've made on the environment to make each individual iPhone and put limitations on them.

1) Advertise the ill effects. Bring this into the general consciousness.
2) Make them somewhat responsible for disposing of the used devices at an established e-waste collection center.

Educate students in school, the large electronic companies need to admit and find more environmentally friendly solutions

Great idea! Not only showing the benefits of electronic devices in daily live but also take a look at the downsides. I think it's similiar to the problem of lesson 2 (cotton) and many other industry branches that companies try to get the most profit out of their business blindfold.

I agree and I think that would bee a good solution.

We can let people know about the impact of smartphones by making posters about it and spreading the word on social media. We should also do our part in helping the environment by recycling, donating, or reusing our phones.

I thought it would be better to live like people lived in the 18 hundreds. We would use wood and stone to make houses and we would NOT use any time of eletronics. :D

I believe as consumers we need to be aware and responsible of what we are buying. I am very sure not everyone knows these truths. We need the system itself to help us not contribute to the consumption. Finally, it makes me wonder if one day we will have the opportunity to experience an high tech 100% eco friendly cellphone? Very good lesson. Thanks

We need proper education in all instituitions

When smartphones are sold, maybe make it compulsory to display the carbon footprint and other statistics of degradation for each phone. Consumers would then know exactly how their phone causes harm and this can also motivate producers to make phones more sustainable.

Certainly there is a lot to learn from our ancestors with respect to living more lightly on the planet. Do you think becoming more connected to where all our stuff comes from can help change our society's current wasteful mindset? Dr. Kat

We can like make a video about this so many people can see it and make less e-wastes

Los telefonos movil deberían tener un costo mayor, al cuestionarse sobre el precio elevado se les dará las razones, se podría crear una ley que de protección integral para aquelllos que se encuentra expuestos de manera directa con estos materiales. También se podría pedir a científicos que se encarguen de fabricar un teléfono sustentable.

we need to start pushing lawmaker to create take back laws and make companies who create these devices to internalize the cost they push to the environment and society.

That's a really good question.. I'm not really sure.. ;-;

1.We can post poster around most countries telling them to re-use their smartphones in the e-waste. 2.We can tell scientists to work harder on inventing a environment friendly phone. 3. We can tell our friends to send their smartphones to a company that can refurbish smartphones.

Teaching this in our schools. In grade 9 I wrote a 5,000 word report on the impact that my specific phone type has on the environment and communities. Many phones have their country of manufacture written under the battery. If you're comfortable with taking your battery out momentarily, You'll be surprised by where your phone was made.

1. Electronic and print media
2. Social Media platforms
3. Discussions

We need to add lessons on hazards of smartphones in schools and colleges.Teachers,parents need to tell the children about how costly it is for our environment these cellphones are.We need to convey this message on public platforms.

Cellphone manufacturer can be asked by government to write warning message on cellphone packs that it is harmful to environment and contains toxic metals.

Placing a warning on electronic devices stating the harm they are capable of can help to make people more aware of its e-waste. Also, creating ads to share online and on television can alert people to the facts as well.

Well,I think we should use all of our electronics until we can't use it.Literally.

I can broadcast the photos of open pit mining areas in social media. Social media is a good way for show the reals to people. Also I can make speechs to people about this topic. I can write about this topic in the magazines.

This lesson is going to be share.

the first step is getting people to be aware of the environmental impact of using and producing smartphones. then, there may be people with ideas and knowledge that can come up with alternatives for us to implement within a short space of time instead of waiting till the resources needed to produce and manufacture phones runs out. it will likely have to be a group of people/scientists with extensive knowledge in chemistry, metals, technology and design who will be able to think of or create sustainable alternatives for the materials used in smartphones.

We could tell them about how to recycle the old phones also make them aware about how it is made.

Students in schools should be taught about these things so that they could make their parents aware. World wide campaign of mass awareness should be organized, people should get to know about these things as soon as possible. Lessons and videos and other kinds of stuff related to electronics and e-waste should be made and shared as much as possible to spread awareness.

We can show them this video and lesson, and teach them to schools, businesses, and schools.

I think the most influential way we can spread the word is by sharing this information to as many people as we can, whether a stranger or someone we have known for years. Another good idea would be to make our own lessons about these topics to share with the world.

Spread awareness, and I think people have too many phones because of the new phones craze.

Make the smartphones as long lasting as possible so that they do not need to be replaced every couple years.

1. Create awareness, especially among children, about the adverse impact of smartphones on the environment
2. Compel phone-making companies to advertise the environmental impact too when marketing their phones
3. Develop more e-waste recycling plants
4. Encourage innovation for alternatives

type properly!!

we can tell them

Making pop up adds

We need to not just buy new phones all the time, but try to use our technology as long as we can and get it repaired.

showing people pictures

showing pitures

Showing and spreading pictures and videos

I think that the best way is to put ads online on social media sites such as Instagram and Twitter. I think that this would get the word out of the impact each phone is making on the planet.

We can use the principle, 'show, don't tell'. If we have billions of people who love using their smartphones today, they will surely like to see how it gets to them and who is involved in the making. As individuals, You, those who are reading this, making such conversations and I can spread the word to our friends and family. Whenever anybody you know is thinking of buying a new device, talk to them, ask them to reconsider if it's really necessary, think of ways to use current devices for longer and encourage innovations that upgrade the old rather than degrading. We must find ways to recycle e-waste and refurbish essentials from old devices. We must encourage enactment of Product Takeback laws and establishment of e-waste recycling units in local areas.

don't waste the land!! that land is used for farming and they are just dumping old dated phones into those fields that could be used to grow crops.

We can help people see what they are doing to our planet and help others make a change

Through sharing this information by social media and commenting our parents about what we learn on those videos. Unfortunately, young people in my country is not aware about the harmful part of electronic waste. For that reason, we need to do more than the expected. By posting on a social media, we are trying to make them aware of this terrible issue. If we share that information to all relatives we have, we will do a fantastic multiplier effect.

We can make some sort of software or anything that shows others what the people have to go through to make the phones and give details about the impacts on the environment and the rare elements used to make those phones

I think limiting wont help because the act of limiting itself has proven to be ineffective and makes people want it more. Transforming it to a social thing can do, so that people wont use it in spare time. Or increasing life quality can do it too.

We can join the Fridays for Future, and use lots of voices to help people hear that they can choose what the future looks like. We ould make companies that make electronics responsible for their products at the end of their usefulness.

i feel we can spread awareness and consciousness to the country about how much of an impact our devices are having on our world by lowering the number of devices we produce to try and lower the amount of destruction were causing our planet. I also feel if we urge more people to refurbish and re use old devices instead of diss carding them not in the proper way then we can re-use the needed parts to create something new rather than just getting new elements.

we need to spread the word. not enough people know about this crisis and if we don't tell the world soon it will be too late.

Watch this video! and do your own speech's tell your family and friends

Let us try to encourage the younger people to be aware of this situation so we can prevent this from happening in the future.

It can be taught by schools and word of mouth. It could also be published in a book.

If that was what smartphones were for, they wouldn't be smart. Therefore, if that happened, people could just reuse flip-phones from 2003. Also, this may not be a good point, but if smartphones could not connect to the internet, you would have people who didn't have a laptop lugging around 100+ pound desktops, which could cause injuries. Another thing is that many people use the internet to keep in contact. Let's face it, how much would you like to lug a giant desktop PC to a coffee shop and plug in a dial-up modem only to find that nothing new is happening with your friends?

If electronics were more expensive, some people wouldn't be able to keep in contact.

What's a tracphone? Also, I personally really like the idea of people getting flip-phones, so that the older devices/programs(flip-phones can run apps too) can be preserved.

Or keeping the devices to preserve them!

And then die of the black death.

Oh sorry. That was sarcastic. But think about it. The 1800s weren't really better for the environment. They used steam engines for everything, and gas lamps for light, neither of which are very good for the environment.

One problem with using old hardware again is that it may not be compatible with new software, and new hardware may not be compatible with old software. So keep your old hardware, in case you need to run some old software, but also obtain new hardware every time there's a major step forward that makes the old hardware obsolete. Don't just buy new hardware for the sake of it, buy it because you need it to run new software.

Also, I think I have a solution to making an environmentally friendly phone. Technically, we can convert any material to another material by changing the layout of atoms. If we can use lasers to zap wood and turn it into copper and other metals, we can make phones sustainable.

We can make a article that shows how our electronics are harming the environment, make a speech, tell our friends and family, do an experiment, and other things to get them to understand how much electronics are harming the environment.

I agree with reducing the amount of electronics in each family, all thought maybe one smartphone per family is going a little too far. Maybe the fathers can try an teach their sons and daughters how to take advantage of those electronics and be more aware about the consequences of buying a new one.

Maybe teaching friends and family about how those electronics are created and what happens when they are dump. Create movies about the life of electronics, like a toy story movie, but instead of toys coming to life, you have smartphones and laptops. Also, companies can put labels on the products boxes pointing out all the materials needed to create one, like how nutritional labels do.

We could make people more aware of these serious topics by advertising methods to reuse various household objects and electronics. Many people simply have no idea of the impacts that small choices can have globally, and the only way to fix this is through education.

With this video, more awareness is already being spread, to further spread it the use of social media would leave a great impact, use of influencers too, for example, last year a youtube raised over 20 million dollars to plant more trees, 1 dollar = 1 tree.

I believe that one of the major steps to reducing the purchase of new electronic gadgets is to remind people to not take ownership of the latest tech products as a status symbol. Advertisements keep trying to convince us that the latest phone is the one that will make life better. We need to educate ourselves and others about our personal contributions to environmental degradation.

With a fair price for all of the costs people would realize how expensive it is. Furthermore this could be taught at school or at home. Transparency of phone companies is also a key issue

We can tell friends family classmates or even use social media.
Social media is huge these days and using it to spread important things like this could really help us out!

Registering and recording to reduce unwanted purchase of cellphones or just stick to telephones cause old is gold

We can organize marches that promote safer cell phone manufacturing. Also we can consider using different types of non-toxic materials to make phones in the future.

Maybe we could put up some billboards showing that iPhones and android phones can cause global warming

Tell your mom or dad that when they are ready to throw away their phone give it to someone who doesn’t have one

They could put it on the news - watched by billions of people all over the world. Everybody could take this mini class that we just took. People could makes speeches. People could adopt pets instead of having electronics.

Inform and educate people who have less knowledge about this, and help raise awareness and serve social media as a platform to speak out

Podemos conscientizar mais pessoas de como os eletrônicos são fabricados, incentivar mais a reciclagem e o descarte correto desses aparelhos

Create a tracking system where people can see how and where our devices go and get processed

Tell more people to recycle their phones.

SNS에 이러한 정보를 공유해 최대한 많은 사람이 볼 수 있도록 하고, 에너지 낭비를 줄이기 위한 캠페인을 개최한다.

Getting big news sources to talk about the affect it has on the environment could help a lot. Similar to the news sources, when celebrities talk about something a lot of people then start to pay more attention to that subject, so if big celebrities start to raise awareness about the making of phones - even if they are payed to do it, it could make a lot of people aware of the toll on the environment making phones and electronics in general.

21세기 우리는 현대화된 문명에서 핸드폰 없이는 살 수 없다. 왜냐하면 긴급 전화, 지도등 우리의 삶을 윤택하게 만들어 주는 앱이 있기 때문이다. 또한 스마트폰을 없에므로서 일자릐를 잃게될 사람들도 걱정하여야 한다. 하지만 우리는 이러한 사실을 알고 있는한 스마트폰의 수거및 재활용을 할 수 있도록 장려해야 한다.우리가 할 수 있는 행동은 소셜 미디어에 설문 조사등을 하여 이러한 사실을 얼마나 알고 있는지 알아볼 필요가 있으며, 또한 우리는 가족, 친척, 친구 등 여러 사람들에게 이러한 사실을 알릴 필요가 있습니다. 그리고 공식적인 연설을 하며 더욱 많은 사람들에게 알려야한다. 이러한 활동을 함으로서 사람들의 인식을 바꿀 수 있으며 지구 환경에 도움을 줄 수 있다. 이것은 개인의 일이 아니다. 이것은 더 나아가 마을, 기업, 정부, 전 세계적인 일이다.

To tell people about the chemicals in phones. Maybe make a tv show or commercial. Even a YouTube channel.

지금 우리 세대에는 휴대폰 없이 살수는 없는 것으로 여겨진다. 그 이유는 사람들과의 소통 연락으로 우리를 편리하게 해주기 때문이다. 스마트폰은 다 쓰고 난뒤 그냥 놔두거나 아무곳에나 버리는 사람들이 대부분이다. 이런 상황을 위해서는 낡은 스마트폰을 수거하고, 낡은것을 모아주는 회사에 내면 좋겠다. 스마트폰으로 인한 환경문제가 많이 발생하여 지구를 한 발짝 더 빨리 파괴 하고 있는 것 같아 전 세계 사람들에게 알려야 한다고 생각한다. 이것은 개인적으로 한다고 해결되는 문제가 아니니 다같이 함께 캠페인이나 활동을 하였으면 좋겠다고 생각한다.

We need to create awareness about this topic. E-waste and what are the options to recycle and reduce the environmental impact of e-waste. Government and corporations should come forward and take the lead. Children should learn about it from schools and parents.

ya i know

Get the media on side and get them to run a campaign.

We can spread the word by telling friends and family, making ads and supporting a way to make it possible to stop making environmental problems and find a new way to go about it

the govverment can make new laws

이와 같은 것들을 캠패인으로 해서 시도해 보는 것도 좋은 방법인 것 같습니다.

친구나 가족 동료 등에게 오염에 대한 심각성을 인지해 주고 sns를 통해 사람들에게 얘기해 준다

We could make famous people aware of what happens and get them to tell them to spread the word. People listen to famous people...for some reason?we could also make giant posters and attach them to famous places that are well known and make a catchy slogan.🐺

Take action to notify nearby family members or friends of the severity of the electronic waste.

We can get the word out on social media platforms. On a more personal level, we have to resist the urge to upgrade our phone to the latest model so companies won't make one readily available.

We can educate our family and friends about it.

posters everywhere and tell everyone about it

나는 핸드폰이 우리의 일상과 너무 가깝기 때문에 환경오염이 될거라고 생각해본적이없었다. 하지만 이 영상을 보고 핸드폰의 제작과정에서 환경오염이 된다는것을 알았고 우리가 쓰는 핸드폰을 만드는데 위험한 재료같은 것들을 어린아이나 여성들이 만진다는것을 알고 충격을 받았다. 이런 사실들은 사람들은 잘모를 것이다. 우리는 이것에 대하여 사람들에게 알릴 필요가 있다고 생각한다.

모두가 이런 상황을 알 수 있게 동영상을 만들어 보여주고, 스마트폰을 바꿀때 다시 한번 생각해봤으면 좋겠습니다.

유튜브 틱톡 페이스북 등과 같은 소셜 미디어의 유명인과 같은 사람들이 전파하여 젊은 층의 사람들을 이해시키고 중장년층은 tv와 국회의원들의 연설로 이해시켜 전자 페기물의 위험성을 알려야 합니다

I have to tell a lot of people that their phones can be recycled.

These problems can be easily recognized by people, such as videos and movies, so that they can recognize environmental problems.

We need to share this video on sns to alert people to the seriousness of the problem.

tell friends and family and maybe put it on the back of packets for phones and ipads

We know how cell phone`s material are harmful. It is VERY difficult to find person who does not know cell phone is consist of various material. But we can`t stop using cell phone though it causes earth to be scarred. Why we can`t stop using cell phone? Because cell phone is located far deeper in our life than any other thing. So we recognize that using cell phone causes nature to be destroyed, but can`t stop using them. Well... my opinion is We should wait for developing innovative cell phone. If we stop using cell phone, Our life quality will be getting low. cell phone is called 'tiny computer'. When they were invented, Our life`s quality were getting better. That`s true. But if we choose still using cell phone, There is nothing change just now. But someday our nature will collapse horribly. Then our life`s quality are getting low like first assumption. So we wait for new cell phone that save more material. OF COURSE we recycle our outdated cell phone during waiting new cell phone.

People know that rare earth minerals are finite, but they think they are not alert because they make electronics and do not know where and how much they are used. So, if we promote it as an advertisement that is easy to understand and tells people how it is used to pollute the environment, it will surely work, such as making them think about how to deal with used electronic products. Also, if we adjust or create new laws on electronic products, people will know a little bit more about the seriousness of the matter. Lastly, I think it will be more effective if we include information about electronic waste in the curriculum.

현재 희토류 광물 문제를 해결하기 위해 가장 먼저 해야하는 활동은 이 문제를 많은 사람에게 설명해 사람들이 이문제를 의식 할수 있도록 해야한다는 것입니다. 즉 전자 폐기물 문제와 희토류 광속 문제를 해결하기 위한 첫걸음을 시작하려면 정부와 학교 선생님들에게 이 내용을 전달해 많은 사람들이 알수 있도록 캠패인을 하거나 창의적 체험 활동 시간에수업을 하게 만들면 좋을것 같습니다. 이렇게 정보를 전달해 사람들에게 경각심을 심어준다면 점점 해결될수 있을 것이라고 생각합니다.

Each of person can just reduce dispoable products to treat earth. If each person reduce using it it would be more bigger than the everest mt. we've just think about it and now we should move on.

We have to warn people through television commercials.

우리는 텔레비전 광고 등을 통해 사람들에게 경고를 해야 합니다

스마트폰을 제작할때 필요한 자원들은 상당하며 이 자원들을 채취할 경우 심각한 자연환경파괴 문제로 이어지며 스마트폰을 해체할때에도 여러가지 상당한 문제를 일으킨다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해선 스마트폰에 의해 일어나는 각종 문제들을 해결하기 위한 캠폐인을 하는것이 옳다고 본다

I can explain about it my friends and my family. Then my friends and family are explain their acquaintance. We can know about it.

사람들에게 이 심각성을 광고로 경고 해야한다.

We can tell this to family, close friends, or maybe website's users we usually use.
and also we can sell old smartphone to smartphone makers. I already have sold mines two times to ATM in shopping mall

전자 폐기물로 인해 지구가 망하기 전까지는 사람들에게 아무리 경고해도 기업들은 돈을 벌기 위해 전자 제품들을 계속 생산할 것이고 소비자들은 더 이쁘고 좋은 것을 쓰기 위해 계속 새로운 것들을 구매할 것입니다.

I think we have to make an advertisement. The advertisement can make people get interested in this topic and make people participate in this campaign.

I think we have to make an advertisement. The advertisement can make people interested in this topic and it can make people participate in the campaigns about this topic.

Good

사람들에게 주기적인 교육을 실시해야 한다.

We can explain this terrible problem to those around us like friends or family. And we can post it or make a campaign that explain this problem like "ice bucket challenge" on SNS. And we can make a poster about this problem and set it up in school.

사람들에게 이런 사실을 알리는 이벤트를 열거나 아니면 요새는 너무 어린아이들도 휴대폰을 접하다 보니 휴대폰의 사용자가 늘어난거 같아 휴대폰의 사용자 연령을 높여서 너무 어린아이들은 휴대폰 말고 다른것의 연락 수단을 제공하고 그 특정 나이가 지나면 휴대폰을 구매해 사용할 수 있는 제도를 만들었으면 좋겠다.

You should open related campaigns or advertise them so that many people can be interested and listen to these issues. In addition, you should be able to awaken awareness to other people and others through SNS.

We can host events and inform people through social media, WhatsApp etc.

Use video media such as videos and movies.

sns를 활용하거나, 주변인들이 알 수 있게 켐페인을 연다.

미래에 전화를 대체 할 효율적이고 지속 가능한 발명이 있습니까?

핸드폰 회사에서 성능이 뛰어난 기기를 개발하는 것이 아닌 보다 안전하게 재활용 할수 있는 방법을 개발했으면한다.

에너지 낭비를 막자는 내용에 캠페인을 개최하고 이를 SNS로 알려 많은 사람이 참여할 수 있도록 한다.

We need to address electronic products and electronic waste and inform them through social media.

캠페인 또는 sns를 통해 사람들에게 경각심을 느끼도록 해주어야 합니다 그리고 공공기관에서 이런 상황에 대한 교육을 하는 것도 나쁘지 않다고 생각합니다

전국적으로 학교에 환경관련 포스터를 그리는 대회를 교내대회로 열어서 관심을 가지게 하여 문제를 널리 알게 한다.

HAve famous social media users tell all their followers to maybe help the environment or something like that. Maybe have someone create a search engine and they use the money to help this cause instead of saving it for themselves.

If you have an old phone that you don’t need you could hand it along to a friend if they didn’t have a phone.

We could go on a strike. That would be fun!🐺

Basically nothing is taken or made from outside of the earth .. if it is metal it is going to where it belongs to finally .. and once it over people will come up with something new .. as it's all work on economic ... When that shakes no one will dare to touch it

회사가 제품을 만드는 방법에 대해 더 투명해질 수 있기를 바랍니다. 비록 회사가 나빠 보일 까봐 두려워 할 수도 있지만, 소비자들이 자신의 쇼핑 선택에 그러한 선택이 없다는 것을 알면서 소비자가 제품을 구매할 수 있도록보다 깨끗하고 건강하며 안전한 방법으로 제품을 생산하도록 동기를 부여 할 것입니다 세계에 큰 영향을 미칩니다.

That part about pets makes no sense. Pets and electronics are for different purposes. But I support both, being a budding electrical engineer. As I mentioned before, we could try and convert more common substances into that stuff.

Don't recycle your old phone unless it's broken. Reuse it.

Great!

- Put more designated bins for e-waste in the country, make poster or creative lessons about the cost of electronics.
- When buy a new phone, you should be received an illustration for raising people awareness.

It would be nice to have these educational and environmental videos shown to kids in schools so that they, at an early age, can be made aware of the impacts of our technology. Perhaps environmental courses should be included in the school curriculum in all levels of education.

We can tell others through social media.

You could do a science project on it, that's a good way to spread the word about electronics. I've done it before with crickets.

We can spread the word by telling it to our friends, family, schools and even on social media to warn them about the pollution we're causing.

We can teach children in schools about how smartphones are made and the impact they have on the environment.

Make it easier to recycle old smartphones. Fin aged 3.5.

People pay so much attention to their phones already and every game or website shows tons of ads, might as well play into that, and start advertising and showing videos talking about all the harm that we are causing to our environment.

Spread Knowledge!! We can spread the knowledge of the cost of electronics and the waste they produce. This could be done through social media or online as well as in schools to allow children to learn from a young age but also spread the message to parents. The knowledge through both uses would then be passed along to others.

By spreading the word people can become more aware of the global impact. Perhaps if the smartphone companies themselves cut back their need for money and spread the word, people will have better smartphones that last longer (though i do not think that will happen).But by simply encouraging friends or family to donate their phones to charity or other family members, we can slowly but surely start to resolve this issue, before a completely sustainable phone is invented.

I think there are little things depend on individual persons. But maybe, If we all joined together and tried to spread the information about harmful influence of producing the phones, the creators would try to produce their products from more sastainable resources.

One of the ways we can do this is by simply telling friends and family

People can post more information about the metals allocated to developing our phones and how they are running out (a finite resource). That's why people need to recycle or refurbish used phones to make sure these precious metals and elements can be reused for a similar purpose.

It slightly stops me from getting a phone.

dont use it alot so you dont damage your brain

We could show them all this and maybe they will understand how important it is to use our electronics till they really run out and cant possibly work (Cikka age 11)

We can raise awareness through popular visited social media making people aware of the global footprint electronics cause. We can also discourage pop culture pressuring people to buy new iPhones that came out.

To help spread awareness, on labels of phones put how much pollution was produced or the *********** of workers (like with chocolate you have fair trade) and maybe give information on the amount of materials that were used. Also, you could have what to do with your phone (instead of throwing it away) and advice.

All I can say is... we might want to think again before asking our parents for that new iphone 11.

We should put WARNING signs on phone boxes to make people aware of the impact of their purchase. (Like cigarette boxes have warning labels, but in this case for the environment's health.)

protect the earths minerals that are used in smartphones??(idk)

I agree!(sorry)

Share via social media, put ads in deparment and elecrtronic stores. Vote to have more environmental laws put into effect for electronics and make refurbishing the norm. Have more repair shops than new product stores. Encourage long term and upgradable design and have small parts available for purchase to repair rather than toss and upgrade.

we can make outreach articles and promote them on social networks, which is what all people have and use today, also make short videos as information capsules that attract attention and promote them

We can inform friends,families and they spread the word and people that work with electronics maybe reduce the amount of electronics in stores.

We can make people more aware of the cost by telling people we know by telling them to spread the word and people that work at electronic shops to reduce the amount of electronics they have in the stores.

I would start a class about no pollution for pre-kindergarteners to university.
Aleks, 7

The companies should mention these key points in the product box itself and should also be mentioned in every new phone launch that take place. spread of this message should hold a dedicated slot in these mega events.

We can make posts and videos explaining the dangerous outcomes the electronics can produce and how to make them more sustainable

We can put up signs around our community, so we can inform people about the mess that their "amazing" phones are creating. Altogether, all of us can cover a lot of space, and hopefully, be able to inform a lot of people about the terrible e-waste. Also, we might as well tell people to use their devices longer, or not get a new one at all.

You should spread the word using posters and social media to let people know the impact that their phone has on the environment. It would also be useful to write to the government to ask them to think about changing the rules around e-waste.
St. Ed's Year 6

pues se puede hacer como una campaña de desechos electricos y desecharlos a un basurero electronico.

Nobody sais it is illegal to make an add. So, make an add exposing phone companies and the terrible things they do.

It can be done as an electrical waste campaign and disposed of in an electronic wastebasket.

whit the social media platform

Maybe implement lessons about the topic at school so that from a young age kids learn this and can get to be more conscious

Of course, one way to spread this message is to share this video and others like it with friends, family, and anyone else. In addition, one way to ensure people know the cost of what they are buying is obliging companies to prominently display these costs and wastes on the packaging of the item they are selling.

take a initiative ourselves and travel the world to tell

I don't own a phone

Because billions of people own smartphones and a great majority of that number also is present on social media, we can utilize that platform to inform everyone about how these everyday devices take a toll on the environment.

I think the best way to solve it as many other problems is by educating people. I wasn´t aware of how much waste and bad consequences were produced by electronics, but now I know. And thats the best way.

First we can try spreading the word with our family and friends, we can also sign in protests so people stop producing them, and finally, we can inform this situation in our social media!

Not many people know the outcomes a smartphone has, so we can spread the word to many people we know.

We can tell them that our phones contribute a lot to climate change. Though there are some people who don't care about that, they care about the money they get, for these people we can tell them that these materials will run out if we continue digging these minerals. Then and only then will those selfish business people care about reusing the materials that have already been dug up. If we are to help our planet, we need to think green and/or think about reusing the materials we already have around us (the stuff we already removed from the earth).

You have a point there, but thinking about the causes of making smartphones we need to think about everything that is effected. No one wants to lug about a huge piece of technology everywhere they go. In that case having a smaller device is efficient. My dad designs circuit boards and as we get more advanced with tech the circuit boards get smaller and more efficient, in that case we do minimize the amount of gold, silver, copper, etc. we use in producing a phone with the circuit board alone.

The geochemical signatures of rocks are usually given by the rare earth element concentration in them. Therefore, the scientific community should focus more on studying about the earth's past using them rather than providing the resources to these technological advances which are sometimes totally uncalled for. Every person capable of buying a decent smartphone must make sure that he/she uses that phone as long as it is possible.And, there is no need to go after new models....because they will just keep coming....just get a good phone that will get your work done and stick with as long as possible....

We should advice people though social media and fight for the earth. And once our voice as reached it's goal ,we should convince the president to make a rule.

우리는이 단어를 친구, 가족에게 말하거나 우리가 일으키는 오염에 대해 경고하기 위해 조언하십시오.

Nicole,Sophia, Mike, Anne said that We have to think about useless phone.

Yes! I totally agree!

Generando una sociedad más consciente, consciente de que cada cosa que adquieren tiene una repercusión negativa sobre el único planeta que tenemos, ya que al parecer, se les olvida que solo tenemos uno al cual estamos destruyendo.
¿de qué manera? dejando de ser egoístas y pensando más a futuro.

We should find ways and strategies to help find a more sustainable way to use and make smartphones.

The schools must teach things like this. School is the basic institution in majority of the areas and it should be made into an e-waste facility. Honestly, I have no idea where I can find one (e-waste facility) myself. The schools should ask for e- waste and even plastic waste and transport them to the required locations. Or even better, they should help students figure out ways to utilize them. This kind of activities might bring out the change we expect others to make.

the government can raise awareness by having posters and laws making it compulsory for the producers t provide such information to the users and people burning these phones. the students and the future generation must also be made aware and this can be done by the use of social media and education about such topic in school

Yes. Agree.

We can make people aware of depleting resources by using social media delivering speeches and through camps.

Los medios de comunicación puedes propagar información sobre ese hecho para volver a la gente más conciente sobre los daños.

Maybe spread it on many web pages because people go on the internet?

We can spread the word to communities such as schools, governments and companies to urge them into taking e-waste as a serious thing that needs to be solved. Spread the news on Social Media, make speeches, and start a global movement like for climate change.

I think products need to be more clearly labelled with what they contain, and that multi-national companies in all countries should provide recycling systems for their products.

Make posters of it rather than telling everyone because it's quicker.

Doing a training campaign telling about the cost to buy a smartphone and their consequences because if you buy a smartphone and then throw away you are going to contaminate a lot

People get addicted to their phones so they need them replaced and can't survive without one. One idea is to have an hour of phone turned off (except for emergency use) on Earth Day, just like we do with the lights. We need to teach people to fix phones themselves (eg. screen replacement) if they break rather than buy a new one. Schools could run lessons for teenagers about fixing phones in design technology classes. Just like cigarettes the government could force phone companies to put information about their carbon footprint on the packaging to educate people. Gaby and Reuben (age 10)

Reuse Phones For Future Use If We need and Do not use it every time.

We could write to our local council. Also you would say if there are so many valuable materials like copper, silver and gold available we could earn so much money by selling them.

We do need to make people aware of the cost of electronics not in money but in electronic waste and how that affects the world and climate

I think on phones there can be labels with the pictures of what it's doing to the environment and that it could hurt them and other people.

I think to make a video that say what are the consequences of use of electronics

I agree

We should make a susteinable phone and find a way to stop polluting earth

We can create awareness localy by doing roleplays or through discussion.

cool

say to my family, friends , etc. all the consequences of the technology and they can tell there friends

We should encourage the use of Recycling e-boxes( and this should be done in a way people will be interested like rewards in return) since we cannot live without sophisticated mobile phones in this advanced world. Majority of people will enjoy packing up their old gadgets knowing they will be for a better use or they could even be repaired for them to use again.

We could spread the word to school politics and people like how we are today , to make online apps to show people what is happening to the world as we know it .

We could encourage schools to spread the word and even have protests against what is happening to people .

I want everyone to stop using smartphones but I can't ask the constitution to write that down.

We should raise awareness with lessons like these, in schools, social media, and anywhere people can go to find something.

TED Talks, Social media, word of mouth

We can tell them by sending letters.

By schools and teachers informing their students and then those students spreading the word to their family and friends. We can also help spread the word by getting big celebrities and role models to spread the word

One of the way to spread more awareness about the terrible e-waste that smartphones produce is to talk to about this issue to loved ones and close friends. Showing infographics and visual aids like videos are also good means to spread awareness. Schools and companies are also great places to spread this awareness

spread the word with adverts on the tv

We could post more videos on social media and get people to share them. We could have a speech or we could have lessons like this!

spreading videos like these

Just tell the people, that the phones are toxic and they can die from it. Intoxicated animals this is how it goes toxins from phone +pig equals poisoned porkchop. so try to design a natural phone so people dont get sick from hasurdus waste.

Diego the Minecraftian

Education and awareness, just like Earth School is doing! Now that I have learned more about the cost of electronics and the terrible e-waste they produce, I believe that it is my responsibility to share this information with as many people as possible.

Advice people through social media.

As most people with phones also have social media, it would be a great start to spread the word. The public need to be educated enough to be able to tell the manufacturers that they don't need these constant hardware upgrades.

We can spread the word out to communities

We could require manufacturers to include a brochure about the smartphone's need to be recycled, and that way, all consumers will be educated about how smartphones are made, so we could have old phones be recycled and deter people from constantly buying new phones.

People could start campaigning. Also they could raise awareness through social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

ranga

We can donate phones that we don't use, and we should never buy phones if not necessarily.
We can also use TV shows, and news to spread this idea. Furthermore, We might even use Youtube, Tiktok and Instagram to tell people about these important things about human lives and nature!

Teach the world the bitter truth and encourage them to recycle

There are many ways to communicate this growing problem worldwide but until are government can actually get a handle on the problem and stop thinking about economics for one second, we will never get the message across. People just wont listen. We still must try are best though by spreading our ideas through social media, groups of close friends and family, and trying to contact people in higher places.

Paloma (7 years old): A program that runs on TV about e-waste and how we can recycle electronics.

I think that every phone should be sold along with a small brochure explaining the manufacture of the phone, what are the chemicals used to make it, where those elements were extracted, who mined them, and what will happen after dumping the phone.

This might be a good idea to minimize the risks of hazardous materials inside smartphone by increase the consumers' awareness. It can help in making people feel the responsibility beyond their purchase, and urge them to use their phones wiser and replace them less.

By warning others because they cause extreme air and water pollution to communities near open pit mining facilities

Despite the economic harm this would likely do on companies that produce electronics, one suggestion could be to make compulsory that with every piece of electronics sold, they must provide a leaflet detailing the breakdown of its components/environmental cost/e-waste impacts etc. so that people are much more conscious of the impact of their device and are less likely to invest in even more electronics in the future because they are aware of the damage they own

Spread the knowledge throughout your community, particularly schools and the like, whilst also finding ways to contact your council and higher government and urge them to take action in finding solutions to the e-waste we produce.

mobile phones are important for everyone these days but how they are created is dangerous for whole world.however, it is important to aware people about this and we can do this through social media. we should influence people about the disadvantages of mobile phones that how they are effecting our environment. or mobile companies should aware them about these problems.

Educating children about e-waste and ensuring their understanding of the waste humans cause to the environment. Encouraging businesses to be more recycle friendly and for governments to encourage recycling programs i.e. taxing corporations that have large e-waste production and giving tax breaks to corporations that have recycling programs or have little to no e-waste.

1. Social Media (such as making a video on Youtube that tells people about this subject
2. Teaching people about this (such as going to classrooms and visiting them and telling them about this)
3. Spread the word (make posters about this. tell your friends and family. The possibilities are endless.

We can start by telling friends and family and we can also tell people on social media about how we are wasting our rare resources

We can spread awareness by making videos like this or even making it possible on social media.
Probably making speeches which are available to everyone easily is also a good option.

We can spread the word to communities such as schools, governments and companies to urge them into taking e-waste as a serious thing that needs to be solved. Spread the news on Social Media, make speeches, and start a global movement like for climate change.

You can tell other people when you get a chance and show people the video, to help them understand the steps they can take to making the world a greener place. We also really liked the Story of Electronics video because it gave us actions we could take to make a difference.

A lot of people do not care anymore about the environmental cost as long as they get the convenience they desire. Adults have the the tendency to be closed-minded. The best we can do is to tell it to the children because kids are more pliable and more open to ideas that can help them sustain and hopefully maintain a better future. We can only do much at our end. If we begin with our own families and every other family does the same, we have better chances of getting the message across that being a responsible consumer is now a must to save our children's future.

Information like this video and many other documents on climate change should be easily accessible so that we can spread the word to as many people and then open the government's eyes to Climate Change.

Encourage companies which sell phones to spread information to consumers, perhaps with their own recycling schemes?

I think companies producing gadgets such as the commonly used computers, laptops, tablets, and cellphones should not only promote the features of their products but more importantly promote environmental awareness as well, like these inconvenience to the Earth and its creations. They should suggest to consumers the practical and proper ways to dispose used electronics. TEDEd is a very useful tool to relay this information through videos to my students in school to snap their minds on the impact of acquiring more than one gadget to the environment, since the young are the most to use gadgets everyday.

Campaign, awareness and Information education campaign

We can inform our families, our community, (and even the world about it) by so much available opportunities, some we may not be able to do, and others are completely possible. Each person can do something different. An artist can draw about it, a writer can write about it, even an influential person or someone famous in social media can just talk about it. However, my opinion is that we need to stop buying every time just for the sake of peer pressure. I would sometimes see this issue inside my class alone. My fellow students would sometimes determine how rich you are by your phone version or when it was made, and of course, what the brand is. As a result , they wish for iPhones and want to replace them as fastly as iPhone models comes and goes. We all need to take a change, and it can start on ourselves and then spread into our workplaces, our school, and our neighborhood.

We can spread awareness by the following:
1. arrange events (virtually) to give speeches on e-waste from electronics
2. post this onto social media to get attention
3. make posters and put them around your school and community to remind people about disposing electronic waste
4. encourage people to spread the word to their friends and family as well

Maybe through massive campaigns that show the cost of electronics on our planet

We can start by telling our friends and family and maybe post it on social media accounts.

We could make people more aware of the problems electronics produce by putting a label in the box the electronic comes from

I think we should donate an old phone

The easiest and best way that I can think of is to write a notice on a sticker and stick it onto every electronic gadget being produced. This sticker should contain a message like :
The gadget that you are about to buy contains the following toxic materials : (List of items). It was made in a factory in ( insert location). If not properly disposed of, it can have the following effects : (Insert list). Requesting the consumer to be a responsible person and properly dispose of this device.
Of course, I don't think that many companies would agree to do this, fearing for loss of sales. But these electronic gadgets have become an almost necessary part of our lives. But this step can be taken by shop-owners by putting a notice with this message in the e-gadgets section. At least people will become aware of what their smartphone costs the environment.

The key is education, so if we inform people about the consequences of not being responsible with the products they buy and how they can help to reduce the waste there could be a positive impact, also by us giving the example and taking action with what we can do.

We could always start by encouraging the people that are close to us, our families and friends. We can invite them to learn more about these things by asking them to subscribe in platforms like these at least for awareness. As an educator, though I teach language and literature, I would always find ways to integrate topics on taking care of our environment and preservation of natural resources in some of my lessons.

We can start spreading the word from the people around us, let the people around us spread it to other people, and let the word spread so that most people are aware of the dangers of e-waste. But verbal statements alone will not affect everyone, so we can cite a few relevant examples. If this continues for a long time, how much impact people's lives will cause, may make the human body weak and sick, reduce life expectancy, and even die.

Political leaders must be aware of these situations. Responsible leaders can make campaigns and even candidates who apply for leadership can promise to take initiatives to spread awareness. Blogs can be maintained on these topics. Rather post something which is eco-friendly on social media. This generation must be taught about climate change and the vast destructions we have brought ourselves. Smart phones became an important part of the life but the online binge watching releases so much carbon dioxide. I think having an app that restricts the over limits might be helpful to reduce this impact.

We can hold informative talks on the subject and give it as a subject at school.

We can make groups that talk about the proper usage of using screens, and how to manage your time without your phone, and be more productive...

we can tell friends & family and maybe make a you can donate a old phone to someone/people who might want it or have something to do with it

We need to educate ourselves and those around us. We must put more consideration into the things we buy and use. Ignorance can be a dangerous thing.

when buying a phone, you get a cover on your phone before receiving it telling why you need to take very good care of it.

Teach people what resources it takes to make a simple phone, and encourage them not to throw out phones so quickly or if they have to, make sure they take it to a responsible e-waste place. Spreading the message is important also, teaching kids and adults.

We can make people more aware of the cost of electronics and the terrible waste they produce by spreading this knowledge and letting people know that our actions that are polluting the Earth will affect us.... very badly. So, it is essential for us to recycle and follow the rule of the nature.

We can share it on the biggest platforms, and we can inform them that phones can be useful but dangerous

Firstly, take care our electronic things. It's very insteresting knowing how much this little e-waste afecct our planet. We need to know more about it. And obviously, recycling is not the best solution, its the last one.

At the moment we should stop the idea of getting rid of phones every 2 or 3 years and instead make phones that are easy to fix and update rather than replace.

I think if l bought a smartphone even now,
I should use it for a long time to reduce
the problem of environmental pollution.
I'm glad to learn that smartphone cause
serious damage to the environment

I enrich my knowledge regarding the smart phone

It's very disturbing that such a large quantity of precious metals go waste. Instead, they can get reused and recycled to stop harming Mother Earth.

We can talk to our friends and family about the effects to the environment and the limit of the minerals and metal by manufacturing a phone.

i too wish that
in fact i think we should make people understand the concept of sustainable using of all kinds of stuff and tell them the benefits of it on them, people and environment ...........

we can tell the stuff we learned to our friends,families,and neighbors.we can also make posters and out them on walls of school or social media......ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ hello lol

The manufacturers of these electronic products could give us an information card that would contain the information of what type of materials are being used and how much of it has been recycled, they could provide information of how to recycle our phones, as far as spreading awareness to communities, advertisements could have a great impact as these companies usually invest a lot on marketing about their products, they could also try to spread awareness and could also try to use recyclable materials which is not that tough to extract!

We can produce advertisements showing the cycle from phones, and have phones taken apart and all the parts sealed in plastic, labeled, and mapped out the countries involved with it. There could be conventions showing these, and also showing the effects of them and the ways we can avoid these things happening.

Since almost 70% of the educated population use smartphones, and other gadgets like it, we can spread the word it a way it will surely catch they attention. We can post about it in social media, make videos and set off a chain message, etc so that they will surely see it. And almost 100% of the population is surely curious, we can use that curiosity for our benefit to spread awareness. To do that, we can start a campaign and usually people are curious to know what the campaign is about so their attention will be drawn towards us. And when they come, we can give detailed explanation of the dangers of something that they use everyday (I.e.electric gadgets), and we can make them interested to contributed by telling them that it is dangerous for them personally instead of telling them the dangers that it causes to the society because in the modern world, people care more about themselves rather than the society. Self concern can be used as an aid to make sure they contribute towards this.

we can spread the news all around the world for people to be aware

Maybe we can spread the word by tellling family and friends and maybe they can give some advidce and spread the word to other people.

We can convince people by discussing this problem with family or friends and share this problem in social media such as facebook, instagram, and twitter

Try to present the facts and figures to a wide audience through social media or a presentation at work/ school in a kind and cooperative manner. People are more likely to listen if you talk with them, not just at them, so get them involved in some way to by saying what they can do to help.

When you buy a new phone, it should come with a warning message letting you know the environmental impact of producing it, just like a packet of cigarettes that informs you about the dangers of smoking.

Show people what they’re doing instead of telling them. Limiting the use of electronics through law would also be a good alternative. There are examples of the bad things technology can produce. Companies would actually gain in some way or the other by telling people what their products are made of. Many people are ignorant of this topic , so lets all make an effort.

I don't have a smartphone and I think it is how I help earth.

um We can spread to the world by telling it to close family members but i have a question as smartphones do all gadgets need these copper gold and stuff?

um you cannot help earth even though you dont have a phone

This video opened my eyes to the dangers of smartphones environmentally, sadly I don't think much is going to be done on this matter as we love our phones too much. What we can do us spread the word, try and convince people to refurbish, recycle, or give their old phones to charity. One can only hope that Eco-friendly replacements of the elements and metals are soon discovered.

We can recycle

We have to educate the people.

well... we living in a society each day more technological... so becomes more simples ,easy and effective make people more aware of their actions and concerns in relation to how they treat electronic waste and how they should alleviate it.

You can tell people specifically the costs of making a phone, what is required to get the rare elements and precious metal, and show where the phones go when they become obsolete.

We can tell how much pollution we're making to our friends and families.

I think the best way would be to spread awareness among the people as well as seeking for the supplemently ways so to bring people out of the "mobilistic"word.
If we will achieve it then it will just not help us to solve the problem of pollution , global warming etc. but also help us achieve the United Nations sustainable Goals for the world..

We can tell friends and family and make it known for the troubles a smartphone causes. We can also post signs and create ideas for other solutions for an alternative smartphone that is safer for the environment.

we can tell everyone by texting

just horible

I'm glad i don't have a smart phone

we should tell people to be carfull about so they can be safe about it