Computers and the environment : understanding and managing their impacts / Ruediger Kuehr and Eric Williams (Eds.)
Contributor(s): Kuehr, Ruediger [edt] | Williams Eric D [edt] | United Nations University.
Series: Eco-efficiency in industry and science ; Volulme 14.Publisher: Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003Description: viii, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1402016808; 9781402016806.Subject(s): ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT | ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT | COMPUTERS | ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS | RECYCLING | ECOLOGY | RESOURCES CONSERVATION | CONSTRUCTION | DESIGN | MICROCOMPUTERSOnline resources: Click here to access online| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due |
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On cover: United Nations University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Computers and the environment : an introduction to understanding and managing their impact / Ruediger Kuehr, German T. Velasquez, Eric Williams -- 2. Information technology products and the environment / H. Scott Matthews and Deanna H. Matthews -- 3. Environmental impacts in the production of personal computers / Eric Williams -- 4. How the Europena Union's WEEE Directive will change the market for electronic equipment : two scenarios / Klaus Hieronymi and Axel Schneider -- 5. IBM's environmental management of product aspects / Reinhard Hohn and Anne Brinkley -- 6. Environmental management at Fujitsu Siemens computers / Harald Podratzky -- 7. Energy consumption and personal computers / Danielle Cole -- 8 PCs and consumers : a look at green demand, use, and disposal / Mohamed Saied and German T. Velasquez -- 9.
Strategizing the end-of-life handling of personal computers: resell, upgrade, recycle / Eric Williams and Yukihiro Sasaki -- 10. Today's markets for used PCs, and ways to enhance them / Eric Williams and Ruediger Kuehr -- 11. Recycling personal computers / Stefan Klatt -- 12. Operations of a computer equipment resource recovery facility / Joseph Sarkis -- 13. Managing PCs through policy : review and ways to extend lifespan / Ruediger Kuehr.
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