Computers and the Environment : Understanding and Managing their Impacts - R. Kuehr

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Computers and the Environment

Understanding and Managing their Impacts

By: R. Kuehr (Editor), Eric Williams (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 October 2003

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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.

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Engineering & Technology Industrial Chemistry & Manufacturing Technologies Computing & I.T.Computer Hardware Personal Computers Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Environmentalist Thought & Ideology Pollution & Threats to the Environment Information Technology General Issue

Ethical & Social Aspects of IT Computer Science Systems Analysis & Design Technology in General Engineering in General Environmental Science Pollution Control

Preface	p. vii
Computers and the Environment--An Introduction To Understanding and Managing their Impacts	p. 1
Information Technology Products and the Environment	p. 17
Environmental Impacts in the Production of Personal Computers	p. 41
How the European Union's WEEE Directive Will Change the Market for Electronic Equipment--Two Scenarios	p. 73
IBM's Environmental Management of Product Aspects	p. 87
Environmental Management at Fujitsu Siemens Computers	p. 99
Energy Consumption and Personal Computers	p. 131
PCs and Consumers--A Look at Green Demand, Use, and Disposal	p. 161
Strategizing the End-of-life Handling of Personal Computers: Resell, Upgrade, Recycle	p. 183
Today's Markets for Used PCs--And Ways to Enhance Them	p. 197
Recycling Personal Computers	p. 211
Operations of a Computer Equipment Resource Recovery Facility	p. 231
Managing PCs through Policy: Review and Ways to Extend Lifespan	p. 253
Contributors	p. 279
Index	p. 283
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