The Hidden Cost of Technology:

The Threat to Our Mother Nature

The way, in which existence has changed for the better because of information technology, is unparalleled to anything through human history. However, the boom in the sector has posed an environmental challenge that gives rise to legitimate concerns.

The IT equipment creates, uses and discards the equipment which has degrading impact on the environment. The IT industry contributes to ecological degradation through activities such as generation of e-wastes, energy consumption, and the extraction of rare earth minerals.

E-waste has it's problems irrespective of the country, electronic waste oraz tarnishes the environment and drastically cuts down the quality of life, along with number of crops produced. What releases smog like pores inside the skin or injects toxins inside the finest of wine? e-waste invades the earth our seas and or stifles the air we breathe.

Practices such as e-recycling, reusing or reducing e-waste can help mitigate the industry’s ecological impact and carbon emissions at each levels : individuals, organizations or even government policies. Such practices and policies together can have a drastic impact on the amount of carbon polluting the earth, by using more renewable energy sources.