THE “LIFE” OF COMPUTERS Computers have a short “life” because every year companies create new programmes that need more speed, memory and power.
Where do the old computers go? It is illegal to import e-waste, because computers contain many toxic parts, but a lot of people recycle old computers as it is very proďŹ table.
In the south of china Guiyu,in the south of China, is the capital of e-waste recycling. In this town , hundreds of people, adults and children, work at dismantling old computers. Children play among cables, plasBc, screens and switches. Unfortunately this e-waste is very dangerous.
Recycle old computers There are now campaigns to promote the producBon of computers with no toxic parts and in the future the companies which produce and sell computers will be obliged to take back and recycle old computers.
An internet-addict According to the psychologists, anyone who surfs the Internet for long periods is clinically ill.They should be treated in the same way as alcoholics, people with eaBng disorders and drug addicts.