Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts
Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts
By:R. Kuehr,Eric Williams
Published on 2007-09-15 by Springer Science & Business Media
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.
This Book was ranked at 5 by Google Books for keyword computers.
Book ID of Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts's Books is tAF4n-urTZMC, Book which was written byR. Kuehr,Eric Williamshave ETAG "uEeB1kDmhXs"
Book which was published by Springer Science & Business Media since 2007-09-15 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9781402016806 and ISBN 10 Code is 1402016808
Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true
Book which have "285 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryScience
This Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rate at "4.0"
This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE
Book was written in en
eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is true and in ePub is true
