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Smart Schools Need Smart Solutions
The potential environmental consequences of the recommended computer purchase programme in the recent Smart Schools = Smart Economy Report have been ignored.
As revealed by a 2004 UN report, the environmental cost of manufacturing a computer is extensive. This process uses 6,400 megajoules of electricity (enough to power a CFL light bulb constantly for over 6 [...]
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Recycling Computers is Bad for the Environment
Camara is Ireland’s largest computer re-user, sending over 14,000 PCs to Africa to aid education in schools. We have just launched a ‘Computer Recycling is Bad for the Environment’ Campaign to make business and consumers nationwide aware that recycling is not the best practice for used computers.
Over 250,000 computers are disposed of in Ireland every [...]
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Who knows where that old computer goes?
Do you know where your old computer goes? Even if you recycle it in a recognised facility, can you be sure it’s parts are being disposed of properly?
Not according to a report from the Basel Action Network (BAN). They estimate than in Nigeria alone 500 containers of used computers, in various states of disrepair, enter [...]
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