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When purchasing a personal computer look for models that have upgradable central processing units (CPUs) that enable you to upgrade your computer without having to buy a new one.
Turn off your computer monitor when you are not using it, 2 percent of the nation's electricity can be attributed to personal computer use, and screen savers do not save energy.
Software for Consumers
Software for Environmental Awareness (SEA) - Run by American EPA this site offers over 40 interactive software programs on environmental topics for free downloading, these include:
Lead in the Environment (Available in Spanish)
EPA Databases and Software home page - on the Environmental Protection agency home page which includes:Residential Energy Efficiency, Version 1.1 - this program shows effective ways to reduce home energy consumption and allows users to calculate how much they will save by making their homes more energy efficient.
Residential Water Conservation Techniques (Available in Spanish) - this program shows effective ways to save water inside and outside the house and allows users to calculate how much they will save by installing water efficient devices in their homes.
Household Waste Management - this program can be used online to find reliable information about reducing the waste consumers generate and dealing with hazardous wastes in the home.
Last year, the National Recycling Coalition, an industry group, conducted the first large-scale survey of America's electronic recycling efforts, The results were staggering. Between now and 2007, the survey found, 500 million personal computers will become obsolete. In 1998 alone, 20 million computers were taken out of service; only 2.3 million were recycled
The Remaining are assumed to be languishing in attics, basements and office storage closets. Or they have been thrown in the garbage. once in a landfill, a computer monitor can be toxic: each cathode-ray tube, or C.R.T., contains four to six pounds of led.
According to a recent study by the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center, approximately 20.6 million personal computers became obsolete in the United States in 1998. Of that number, only 11 percent, or about 2.3 million units, were recycled. Disposal of old computers could become one of the biggest solid waste issues in the coming years. While the outer case of the computer hard drive and monitor can oftentimes be used again, the inside of the computer, the part that becomes obsolete, contains hazardous materials such as lead, cadmium and mercury. The fear is that it will end up in landfills not designed to accept contaminated material.
LIST OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE A TAKE BACK OR LEASING PROGRAM FOR COMPUTERS
Dell Asset Recovery ProgramsDell Financial Services offers two asset recovery programs. The Value Recovery Services (VRS) program, which includes data cleansing and equipment disposition reporting, is designed for functional equipment that has economic value. By contrast, the PC Recycling Services program is for non-functional or outdated equipment.
Gateway Trade In ProgramsGateway, in conjunction with Goodwill Industries, recently began a program that gives consumers a $100 discount on a new PC for donating a functioning 386 or better computer (any manufacturer) to their local Goodwill. The donated computers will be used primarily in Goodwill's job training and computer centers. In addition, Gateway also has a Trade In Program for businesses that allows companies to sell old computer equipment and receive credit for new Gateway products. For more information, call 1 (800) 779-2000.
Micron Green Recycling Program Under Micron's Green Recycling Program, companies can trade in there old or non-functioning computers for a rebate on new Micron computers. Micron bears the cost of shipping and will dispose the computers through environmentally-friendly, EPA-approved methods. Companies, however, are expected to purchase at least as many PC as was returned, and there is a $75 per system fee for trade-ins of fewer than five computers.
Take the Night Off
If your company's computers are on a network and can't be shut down at night, at least turn off the monitors.
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