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Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems?

Nganji, Julius; Brayshaw, Michael

Authors

Julius Nganji

Michael Brayshaw



Abstract

Man’s negative impact on the environment due to various activities has raised serious concerns with numerous campaigns rising to protect the environment. Computer waste also contributes to damaging not only the environment, but has serious consequences on human health resulting from pollution of the air, water and soil which are part of the ecosystem. With E-waste causing such problems and a challenge to developing nations which have been dumping grounds, the need to adopt green information technology (IT) is becoming more evident. In this paper, we recommend adoption of green IT education by schools, governments, organisations producing or shipping IT products and individuals consuming these technologies to work together in adopting green IT to reduce E-waste accumulation and hence eliminate the environmental and health implications of E-waste.

Citation

Nganji, J., & Brayshaw, M. (2010). Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems?. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 9(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2010.09020006

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 1, 2010
Online Publication Date Dec 15, 2015
Publication Date Nov 1, 2010
Journal Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences
Electronic ISSN 1473-7507
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 2
Pages 1-9
DOI https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2010.09020006
Keywords Green IT; E-waste; Digital Divide; Developing countries; Semantic Web; Knowledge Society
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/423960
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.11120/ital.2010.09020006