Author: Melannie Cruz
Everyone wants quality at the best price. IT equipment prices may change between models, brands, or capacity, but buying the latest MacBook in the market will cost you a fortune. You can probably wait a few more weeks to buy this computer, but it will be impossible to wait even a couple of days if this equipment is for professional use.
I invite you to take a minute and think about your unused equipment. With thousands of new IT hardware released every year, sometimes we collect equipment instead of using it. I know it would be impossible to live without tech, but it is time to start analyzing our lifestyle. Instead of collecting three servers, it would be more helpful to get one that truly meets your requirements. Please do not wait until your unused equipment becomes e-waste to dispose of it.
During the last decade, tech devices have been focusing on their users' health conditions. The Internet of Things-connected smart devices offer many health tools such as smartwatch monitoring, wearable biosensors, virtual hospitals, connected inhalers, etc. These devices are helpful to those with a medical condition, but now they are also supporting patients and doctors to track medical records from home, so they do not have to deal with the risk of contracting the virus in healthcare centers.
Batteries power up our computers, electric vehicles, cellphones, and many other devices that are part of our routines. Electric car popularity has been growing fast, and this is great, but it is also essential to stay alert on the tons of batteries that once powered those cars and end up in landfills. Those old batteries mean more than tons of e-waste and pollution because they also leak up toxic gases such as carbon dioxide that could be very dangerous to human health.
When it comes to electronic disposition, the most challenging step is to keep both the environment and data out of any risk. Each year, thousands of new devices appear on the market, and we always see several users waiting to buy the latest equipment. It feels satisfying to have top-quality equipment, but what should we do with those previous devices?