Kopi tiam Kopi tiam A kopitiam or kopi tiam is a traditional coffee shop mostly found in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Indonesia patronised for meals and beverages. The word "kopi" is a Hokkien/Mandarin term for "coffee" () and "tiam" is the Hokkien/Hakka term for "shop" (). Menus typically feature simple offerings: a variety of foods based on egg, toast, and kaya, plus coffee, tea, and Milo. "Kopi tiam"s in Singapore are commonly found in almost all residential areas as well as some industrial and business districts in the country, numbering about 2,000 in total. Although most are an aggregate of small stalls
Electronic waste in the United States of which has been documented to cause significant health problems in the surrounding area. Open burnings are the most common means of 'disposing of' e-waste and occur primarily in rural areas with low incomes of developing countries. Communities use open burning for a variety of functions: For direct disposal, it takes the least amount of man-power and is the cheapest option. For precious metal extraction, it can be an effective method to extract certain valuable metals, such as gold. The combustion of burning e-waste results in ash that contains fine particulate matter; a measure of pollutants that has been linked