Title: Green Computing - Environmental Issues - The Carnegie Cyber Academy - An Online Safety site and Games for Kids
Headings: How Technology can Harm the Environment
How Technology can Harm the Environment
Carbon Emissions
Toxic Technotrash
Tips for Recycling Technotrash
Sanitize your Hard Drive
Consider Donating your Mobile Device
Raise Some Funds
Reuse Those Ink Cartridges
How Technology can Help the Environment

Content: Even some renewable resources, like trees and water, are becoming contaminated or are used up faster than they can renew themselves because of technology. Waste - Manufacturing technology creates large amounts of waste, and used computers and electronics get thrown out when they break or become outdated. Called " technotrash ," these electronics contain all sorts of hazardous materials that are very unsafe for the environment. They need to be disposed of using special methods. Disrupting ecology - Clearing land where animals used to live to build factories and allowing pollution to contaminate the food chain can greatly affect the environment's natural cycles. Health hazards - Using toxic materials that can harm our health can cause cancer, and technology addiction can lead to other health problems like obesity and carpal tunnel syndrome. You can encourage manufacturers by choosing to buy more energy-efficient and less hazardous electronics and by supporting companies that make protecting the environment a priority. You can also do your own part to reduce environmental impact by not being wasteful and disposing of your electronics safely and properly. Carbon Emissions
Carbon emissions, mostly carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, are greenhouse gasses that are produced by people. Greenhouse gasses are gasses in the atmosphere that trap and reflect heat and radiation back to the planet's surface.