Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 14
Release date:	October 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	R. Kuehr • Eric Williams
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	285
Edition:	2003 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-1679-0
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General
LSN:	1-4020-1679-4
Barcode:	9781402016790

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