Reusing Personal Computer Devices – Good or Bad for the Environment?

The energy saving potential of reusing / reselling personal computer (PC) devices was evaluated relative to the choice of buying new. Contrary to the common belief of reuse leading to energy savings, with the advent of more efficient laptops and liquid crystal displays (LCD), reuse of an old pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sahni, Sahil, Boustani, Avid, Gutowski, Timothy G., Graves, Stephen C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62242
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7019-6887
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-6032

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