Following Tim's blog about e-waste laws, I stumbled across this article about a seminar organized by IT students in Bahrain. They also press the importance of e-waste regulation, especially the need of a law against the dumping of old computers.
The main subject of the seminar was the effects of e-waste, and ways to improve the situation through "green IT". The students proposed a few solutions, such as environmentally friendly computers, recycling of old computers and components and business initiatives, e.g. web meetings and paperless offices.
Guest speaker Admission and Registration Dean Dr Yusef Al Bastaki pointed out that IT is responsible for about 2 per cent of the global carbon emissions, that is as much as the amount of aeroplane emissions in the air. I was also kind of shocked to learn that a total of 1.8 tonnes of chemical are being used in the making of just one computer. That's a LOT!
(tradearabia)
Gilles Gerlo
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