This page says 99% of a PC can be recycled: http://ift.tt/1PmYY98 which is excellent news. Is this true? If it is, it is great news.
PC maker companies like Apple, Microsoft etc have recycling programs for used computers and used game consoles.
Also, with services like Netflix, Spotify, iTunes etc we won't need to produce tons of wasteful DVD copies of movies. This should be good news? Same goes for Adobe/Microsoft selling Word/Photoshop/etc not on CD copies but as cloud services. Less waste if we produce fewer CDs ? Netflix etc can also help amortize profits across movies (at least that's my guess), the movie business is a tough business. Perhaps aluminum/plastic from CDs can still be recycled?
Microsoft is also claiming that cloud computing is good for the environment: http://ift.tt/1SAzpX5 -- although some other sources are claiming the opposite.
Microsoft has presumably helped reduce waste a lot by not being so keen on planned obsolescence, you can open a .doc file made in 1989 using Word 2010, you can also run Word 95 on Windows 10. backward compatibility is probably good for the environment if it can reduce waste
Apple is also claiming it is making computers from recycled aluminium. Is this true? It could be good
Boeing also claims it is using computers to reduce airline pollution http://ift.tt/1KtQ3jn less CO2 by some millions of pounds apparently
Can computing be sustainable? That must be a good question to ask in the electronic age ?
Definitely planned obsolescence doesn't help, which is something which is bad about Apple they are very keen on planned obsolescence definitely with their incompatible OS releases, new devices, etc. (and many others particularly lots of refrigerator, washing machine etc manufacturers) -- this makes Linux more interesting for average frugal PC user like me, although Linux doesn't have a very large library of commercial software available for it although it does have WINE
Submitted January 22, 2016 at 07:43AM by blockeduser http://ift.tt/1PlWL2s energy
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