When it comes to environmental sustainability, the information technology community has seriously mistaken its priorities. Our latest research has confirmed what we have been saying for four years.
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In the beautiful Kingdom of Tonga, a new eWaste organisation has been established to deal with the accelerating issue of electronic materials imported into the small 800km-island community, without plans for removal, reports Matangi Tonga Online.
Four researchers from Nankai University (China) and Arizona State University (United States) have published concerning results on electronic waste (ewaste) in developing nations, estimating that developing regions will overtake developed nations by 2016.
The research goes on to indicate that by 2030, 'obselete PCs' will reach an estimated 400-700 million units in developing regions, overtaking developed nations by 200-400 million units.
Last week Samsung announced they had signed up to the Basel Action Network (BAN) e-Stewards program, joining a host of other major US based organisations such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Capitol One Financial Corporation.
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The Greening of IT: How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment
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