RAEE Workshop, Team 2

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• Puerta de Oro has high turnover in their associates, making training difficult.
• It is expensive to hire someone to give the trainings.
• Lilibeth wanted to improve worker safety and knowledge without needing to hire someone to give the trainings.
• 1. People are unaware of the risks associates with sorting WEEE incorrectly.
• 2. People need to be trained in how to properly and safely stack and carry heavy boxes.
• 3. Associates must be aware of and their respective health implications. What to do when a toxic element from RAEE comes into contact with my skin, eyes, I inhale it, etc. What are the environmental impacts (water, air, soil) if there is no proper disposal of RAEE? How can fluid components, components, and substances be handled in the event of a spill?
• 4. Associates need to know how to perform a primary or secondary disassembly, taking into account the care of my health? We can talk about the tools to be used and how some of these can cause injuries. Which is safer, manual or mechanical treatment?

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• A group of four workshops--each relating to a specific topic--were created.
• The workshops are designed to be easily repeatable.
• The workshops are designed to be easily adaptable, meaning they can be easily updated and adjusted by Puerta de Oro.
• The workshops are designed to use materials readily available at Puerta de Oro, minimizing costs.
• The workshops are designed to require no reading or writing for participants, allowing associates from all education levels to fully participate.
• 1. A workshop that has associates sort pictures of materials into area which will tell them whether or not they sorted it right and the associated risks.
• 2. A relay race has been outlined which has associates race to stack boxes. Overseers inform the associates on how to do it safer.
• 3. A video script has been written that shows associates different hypotheticals and the choices that they can take if they are in that situation. Video will show them the outcomes of those choices and associated risks.
• 4. A game that has associates sort products, tools, risks, and approaches together so that workers can more efficiently and safely disassemble materials in the workspace.

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• Puerta de Oro has access to high-quality, easily adaptable, and easily repeatable trainings.
• Puerta de Oro did not have to pay for the development of these trainings.
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Engineering & Sustainable Community Development

Connect with an NGO already actively working in an area. Working with NGO, partner with a community/group on a project. Form relationships through meetings and frequent communication. Have community partner define the problem and the project scope. Co-design a solution alongside the NGO and the community partner.

Nivel 3

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Nivel 2

Lilibeth - environmental engineer at Puerta de Oro Recycling associates at Puerta de Oro

Informal recycling co-ops in Latin America

Many images will be used to as opposed to wordy directions.

Improve health and understandings toward WEEE. Workshop could be applied to other organizations or communities.

Time constraints and other responsibilities prevented comprehensive testing and redesigning of the workshop.

Workshop materials are highly adaptable. Images, symbols, and actions are used, removing the need for reading/writing-based activities.

All materials was written in English and then translated, potentially leading to errors and misunderstandings.

Improve health and understanding towards RAEE. Training resources are flexible and adaptable. Workshop material/set-up can be applied in other organizations and communities.

Time constraints prevented comprehensive testing of the workshop. None of the American students were able to visit Colombia in-person.

Total costs depends on price to print the materials.

Local experts should be consulted to obtain best results for each workshop module. Take note of any improvement or worsening of health.

To run the workshop, you will need the resource book (linked below). All other materials are listed in this book.

Only cost is for materials. Budget largely depends on the price of printing.

The facilitator must be literate. The workshop participants should be able-bodied enough to participate in the games, though accommodations can be made.

The facilitators should review the full workbook chapter prior to leading the workshop. This will give them all the context and information that they need.

1. Wooden/plastic/metal boxes, Paper, Printer, Computer to make images to be printed 2. Fake boxes or props that need to be stacked, Play-style traffic cones or other markers for the course, Fake bandages and first aid kits, Lots of space 3. Recording equipment such as a phone, Editing software on a computer or phone, PowerPoint or microsoft/google form, Computers, phones, and speakers 4. Paper, Printer, Computer to make images to be printed, Scissors to cut the images out.

1. Ability to print out documents 2. Free range of motion 3. Video editing, script writing 4. Ability to print out documents