Friday, August 22, 2008

IT and recycling...

Recycling is profusely professed in IT industry but rarely practised. Electronic junk - IT industry has a buzzword for that as well viz., e-junk is growing problem - silent in the first world and not so elsewhere... "Most of the IT products that companies have marketed worldwide are not eco-friendly" is an understatement. IT marketers adversely impact environment more than of other industries because of high obsolescence of its products and expediency.

In reality, recycling is not eco-friendly in many industries. So more than recycling, creating products that can biodegrade (after multiple reuse) is the really ec0-friendly way out. Something for IT marketers to think...

My GoodReads Bookshelf - The books I have read and found interesting...