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This case study will discuss the environmental impact of the modern day desktop computer.
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Case Study - Desktop Computer Author: Mischa Couvrette Introduction This case study will discuss the environmental impact of the modern day desktop computer. The study will include a brief discussion of it components and resource consumption in terms of primary and secondary manufacturing, transport, packaging and power consumption. Through government implemented environmental regulation; including the ISO 14000,certification, computer manufacturing companies are moving toward more environmentally sound policies. This study will provide a brief summary of these new policies and industrial development specifically with examples and statements from IBM Corp. Some of the information and conclusions discussed in this study is based on the environmental impact of the general computer industry, the study recognizes that computer technology differs and its impacts vary. Computer Technology and Composition The modern computer is generally composed of; but not restricted to, a hard drive, LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse and a series of connection cables. The interior hard drive is composed...
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