Building on what has been mentioned by Eliza, we started this blog with the aim to raise awareness about environmental pollution, and how our consumerist lifestyle is the culprit for all these environmental problems we see (or may not) today.… Continue Reading
__________________________ C o n s u p o l l u t i o n [kon – su – puh – lew – shun] (n.) pollution from the active consumption of humans of products in the economy ___________________________ At the beginning… Continue Reading
Welcome back to our blog! As we come towards the end of our blogging semester, I hope that you have managed to gain insights on how our consumerist lifestyle has contributed to environmental pollution and found our various mitigation ideas… Continue Reading
As we have shared in our previous post, there is a NEED to mitigate the e-waste problem. In this post, I will share with you what has been done in Singapore to alleviate the e-waste situation, followed by what we… Continue Reading
Modern capitalism started in the mid 18th century and in itself, capitalism is neutral (Wood, 2017). This means that capitalism is not born with the intention to harm the environment. However, the industrial revolution came along the way, revamping the… Continue Reading
It is update time! So, in our previous posts, we shared about e-wastes, as well as how it leads to pollution. Today, we will be sharing about the extent of the e-waste problem in Singapore. Extent of the problem According… Continue Reading
Hello! Welcome back to another post on E-Wastes. From the previous post, we have discussed the various types of E-waste. Now, this blog post will focus on how exactly does E-Waste pollute the earth. This can be discussed in two… Continue Reading
What is E-waste? E-waste refers to all types of waste containing electrically powered components. It is short for e-Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (Josh, 2015). The term is often used to describe electronic products that are unwanted, not working,… Continue Reading
No one can avoid exposure to toxic chemicals altogether, but it is possible to reduce it significantly. How can we do this? As a first step, we should assess which cleaning products are really necessary. Next, we should also make… Continue Reading
International Countries’ Regulations United States of America In the journal Science, De Gouw and others report that the amount of Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs emitted from household and industrial products is 2 to 3 times higher than official US… Continue Reading