Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Ruediger Kuehr Eric Williams 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.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

Book 11 of 24: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science

Ruediger Kuehr Eric Williams

ISBN 10: 1402016794 ISBN 13: 9781402016790
Published by Springer Auflage: 1 (April 2004), 2004
Language: English
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