This is a new book from Kluwer Academic Publishers and United Nations University which discusses the evolving issue of the use of computers and its related environmental issues. On sale in both soft and hard cover editions.

Published by: Kluwer Academic Publishers and United Nations University.(Boston/Dordrecht/London) Publication date: Oct 2003 Number of pages: 285 Price: Paperbound: EUR 32.00/USD 35.00/GBP 22.00 -- -- Hardbound EUR 75.00/USD 83.00/GBP 52.00

Some Highlights of the Book Include:

What are the environmental impacts associated with personal computers (PCs)? How should we manufacture, buy, use and dispose of them so as to reduce these impacts? Governments and firms are increasingly responding to mitigate some of the problems. In the E.U., Japan, and Taiwan, mountains of waste computers are being dealt with via legislation mandating recycling. Measures are also being taken to reduce the content of lead, mercury and other toxic substances put into computers in the first place. Are these responses enough? Do we understand enough about the impacts to take appropriate social response? These questions are taken up in a new edited volume in the Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science series of Kluwer Academic Publishers: Computers and the Environment, edited by Ruediger Kuehr and Eric Williams.

Table of Contents:

Preface by Eric Williams and Ruediger Kuehr

1. Computers and the Environment—An Introduction To Understanding and Managing their Impacts
   Ruediger Kuehr, German T. Velasquez, Eric Williams
2. Information Technology Products and the Environment
   H. Scott Matthews and Deanna H. Matthews
3. Environmental Impacts in the Production of Personal Computers
   Eric Williams
4. How the European Union’s WEEE Directive Will Change the Market for Electronic Equipment— Two Scenarios
   Klaus Hieronymi and Axel Schneider
5. IBM’s Environmental Management of Product Aspects
   Reinhard Höhn and Anne Brinkley
6. Environmental Management at Fujitsu Siemens Computers
   Harald Podratzky
7. Energy Consumption and Personal Computers
   Danielle Cole
8. PCs and Consumers—A Look at Green Demand, Use, and Disposal
   Mohamed Saied and German T. Velasquez
9. Strategizing the End-of-life Handling of Personal Computers: Resell, Upgrade, Recycle
   Eric Williams and Yukihiro Sasaki
10. Today’s Markets for Used PCs—And Ways to Enhance Them
    Eric Williams and Ruediger Kuehr
11. Recycling Personal Computers
12. Stefan Klatt
13. Operations of a Computer Equipment Resource Recovery Facility
    Joseph Sarkis
14. Managing PCs through Policy: Review and Ways to Extend Lifespan
    Ruediger Kuehr

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