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1.0 INTRODUCTION
People love new gadgets and every aspect of technology as it enhances their lives, but
it comes at an ethical and environmental cost. The supply for Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (EEE) remains to accelerate exponentially with nations developing further and
increasing populations. Technology appears to become all but outdated only a short time after
it has been bought because we have developed into a culture of use-and-throw-away. Our
commitment to ever-advancing technology has put a high standard on all our products,
requiring that each generation quickly upgrades upon the last, thereby increasing the amount
televisions, phones to laundry devices and fridge to everything else in between. Majority of
electrical and electronic equipment is not often waste, but merely obsolete and traded up for
the recent releases. In addition to the alarming increase in e-waste, unsuitable disposal
E-waste may be among the most dangerous discarded items, but they are rarely
considered as such. If these wastes are not treated properly, they can trigger organ damage,
neurological harm, and serious disease not only in employees who deal with it directly but
also within the community. Components of electrical and electronic equipment and their
wastes are composed of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, and mercury, and persistent
organic pollutants (POPs) such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and
Inappropriate disposal methods may lead to the emission of harmful chemicals, some of
which like mercury, PBDEs, and PCBs. Copper wires are obtained from burning e-waste
such as vinyl-coated cables, harmful byproduct POPs like dioxins and furans are then
produced and emitted to the atmosphere. Dioxins are considered as among “the most toxic
chemicals known to science. Furthermore, when disposed of with common waste or manually
scrapped to extract metal components for recycling, e-waste such as fluorescent lamps
discharge mercury vapor from the glass tube and leads to toxic pollution. Experts also explain
that mercury exposure, a potent neurotoxin, can harm the brain and the central nervous
system. Note also that when the plastic tubing for a cathode-ray tube of televisions and
computer monitors are incinerated or dumped, PBDEs are released and contaminates the
environment.
Telecommunication Union, United Nations University, and the International Solid Waste
Association reported the increasing quantity of e-waste and its inappropriate and unsafe
methods of disposal through incinerating or dumping. According to this study, about 44.7
million tons of e-waste was produced worldwide in 2016. Also, the study shows that about 2
to 5 kilograms of e-waste are produced per inhabitant in the Philippines. While the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has approved and endorsed
several official sites to manage e-waste and schemes about e-waste, there is no extensive
Schools are also source of most e-waste Electrical and electronic equipment are
regularly utilized by learners for various activities and hands-on, particularly students from
the field of information and communications and technology (ICT) and electronics.
Unfortunately, electronic devices in school tend to have shorter life span as it is commonly
used and often damaged by students abuse or mishandling. Most schools still do not have
policies on proper disposal of e-wastes. E-waste consciousness must be raised in school, its
employees and students, as it affects the entire community. This paper aims create a mobile
application that raises e-waste awareness. Specifically, it aims to: 1) assess existing
The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) stated that broken
electrical or electronic equipment and gadgets are adding to the Philippines already
what e-waste is, thus, leading in improper disposal along with other waste like plastics. In
close future, this is projected to impact the environment prone to bad e-waste management.
educational mobile application and know the effectiveness of using a mobile application in
2) Is there a significant difference between the pre-test and post test scores of the
respondents?
awareness?
Ho: There is no significant effect from using mobile application on raising e-waste
awareness.
Ha: There is a significant effect from using mobile application on raising e-waste
awareness.
1.3 Significance of the study
Muntinlupa City- The result, if a success, will greatly help in raising e-waste
provide the ESC with information about student’s awareness on e-waste. Data gathered
will help the ESC initiate collaboration among schools and households to help and
Cupang Senior High School- The result will aid the school to raise e-waste
awareness among its learners, this will let learners to value school properties such as
computers.
Students and teachers- This study will help the learners and teachers to raise
e-waste awareness, its risk and how it should be disposed. Realizing the value of each
gadget and devices, teaching how upgrading to latest releases is not a necessity.
1.4 Scope of the study
This study will focus on the development of mobile application that will raise e-waste
awareness. The study will be conducted inside the premises of Cupang Senior High School.
The respondents in the study includes fifty (50) students selected from the strand of
Inaccessibility: Students who do not own a mobile phone will not be selected as
5. Gathering of
scores
6. Statistical
treatment
The figure above illustrates the paradigm or conceptual framework showing if the
mobile application is an effective medium in raising e-waste awareness among students from
Cupang Senior High School. Herewith, is the Input-Process-Output (IPO) model system
approach applied with made up of three parts, the input section, process, and the output
section. In the input section, the variables to determine the effectiveness of mobile
application in raising e-waste awareness among Cupang Senior High School students which
components where data can be used together with output making, the Gathering of
through post-test, gathering of scores and, statistical treatment to the creation of mobile
application, determine the student’s level of e-waste awareness and the effectiveness of
mobile application in raising e-waste awareness among Cupang Senior High School Students.
In the process section, it involved the administration and conduction of survey through the
use of questionnaires, and the documentary analysis where the data and findings will be
collated, interpreted and analyzed using the statistical instrument to be employed in the
conversation of raw data from the information into a meaningful facts to improve its veracity
For the purpose of specificity and clarity, the folowwing terms that were used in this
Contextusl
Operational