1. What is e-waste? What is so dangerous about e-waste? Many well-meaning individuals thought that...

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1. What is e-waste? What is so dangerous about e-waste? Many well-meaning individuals thought that recycling was the answer to the e-waste problem. But why hasn't e-waste recycling yielded the results hoped for?
2. What are network effects? Think about the kinds of technology products that you own, or websites you use, that are subject to network effects. What sorts of exchange do these products leverage (e.g., information, money, software, or other media)? Give several concrete examples and explain them as clearly as you can in your own words.
3. Find an article online that discusses the problem of e-waste, preferably one that also proposed a solution. In your own words summarize and critique the article. Do you think it is a viable solution? Why or why not? Be sure to include the url to your article.

4.Describe the impact that your chosen information system has on your organization. Be sure to consider both the positive and negative impacts. Over-dependence on an information system can be a negative impact, so also discuss whether your organization has any contingency plans for business continuity during system outages.

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As suggested by Heacock et al. (2015), e-waste also known as the electronic waste is the waste consists of discarded electronic devices including those subjected to reuse or recycling. E-wastes are harmful because they release toxic chemical such as chromium, cadmium, mercury, lead and bromide, which are dangerous for human health on direct contact. They also contaminate the environment. Though recycling is a good solution to control waste but it hardly shows any remarkable control in case of e-waste. This is because of many reasons such as not all the devices can be recycled, proper methods are not used to recycle the material. Not complete device is reused, only particular parts are taken for recycling remaining left untreated and cause health hazard to local people.
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A network effect is a phenomenon in which value of goods or services increases when number of people using it increases (Raimbault, 2018). The most common device which is good example of network effect is mobile phones and fax machines. The websites,

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