Hands-on Activities

Survey about E-waste recycling

Description

Students should contact a survey about E-waste recycling.

1. Initially students have to create a questionnaire that explores the habits of responders on e-waste recycling. E.g. questions:
1.  When was the last time you got a new phone?
2. How long did you have the old phone?
3. What did you do with the old phone?
4. Do you know where and how to recycle your phone?
5. etc.
2. Survey target group can be the members of their family or people from the local community. Each student should collect at least 5 responses.
3. Questionnaires can be created using Google forms and students can collect their answers using their smart phones through personal interviews with the responders.
4. Collected data can be analyzed using the internal Google form reporting tool and discussed in class.

Topics covered

Energy Waste, energy saving, hidden power consumption

Relevance

This activity shows students with practical experiments the hidden cost and waste of energy caused by IT devices.