Environmental Case for Refurbished IT Equipment
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. Photo courtesy of Flickr user lungstruck. How Much Does Reuse Save?
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