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Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts

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Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts

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Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in performance mean we often buy a new machine every 1-3 years, which adds up to mountains of waste computers. How should societies respond to manage these environmental impacts? This volume addresses the environmental impacts and management of computers through a set of analyses on issues ranging from environmental assessment, technologies for recycling, consumer behaviour, strategies of computer manufacturing firms, and government policies. One conclusion is that extending the lifespan of computers (e.g. through reselling) is an environmentally and economically effective strategy that deserves more attention from governments, firms and the general public.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
296
Release Date:
2009-02-22
Publication Date:
2003-10-31
Publisher:
Springer
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1402016808
ISBN13:
9781402016806
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
453 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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