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Gadget Garbage: Want to Be Green? Don't Chuck That Old PC

Posted on September 04, 2008

The Journal's Ana Campoy reports:Computer manufacturers say they're going green. Companies such as Lenovo Group Ltd. and Dell Inc. are making more energy-efficient laptops and desktops with recycled materials, the Wall Street Journal reports Thursday. But perhaps the ultimate green move would be to extend their products shelf lives. With most consumer electronics becoming obsolete faster than ever before, electronic waste, or e-waste, is on the rise. The number of obsolete computers more than doubled in 2007 from 20 million in 1998, says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyand most o...

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