Over the years that the people of the world have used computers they have made it a point to throw away obsolete and outdated computer equipment. When the CD-Rom was replaced by the DVD-Rom there were virtually millions of CD-ROMs that were discarded when eventually landed up in landfills. Many of the computer parts that are in use today include a certain percent of led this led over a period of years begins to leak and enter into the environment.

Computers manufactured in the early parts of the 1980’s and mid 1990’s were manufactured to be recyclable. Many of those computers can be seen in landfills stacked as high as forty feet. These obsolete computers are a danger to both wild life as well as human beings. Monitors as well as some motherboards have a small concentration of led which is poisonous. Many of those components cant be reused and are often sent to third world countries were they add to the existing problem of pollution and health hazards.

Technology giants should begin to take notice of this trend and instead of rolling out the latest hardware they should also focus on reusing twenty year old hardware that way not only will computers eventually become environment friendly but also cheaper in the long run.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 4:12 pm and is filed under Environment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.