Author: Melannie Cruz
Our four-legged friends mean a vital and loving part of our family because those buddies are full of cuteness and love but using their names as online passwords represent an exponential risk for our privacy. Not only our pets, but people also use their children names as a password because those words are easy to remember.
We all love technology because it makes our lives easy, but the more devices we buy, the more e-waste we will eventually produce. There is nothing wrong with buying and using electronics, but we must start reducing the negative impact.
There are thousands of users upgrading their smartphones every other year just because they want the latest one, but on the other hand, we have millions of families that can even afford a good laptop. Repurposing our old equipment or letting them have more owners until they stop working is an excellent way to reduce manufacturing costs, overconsumption of resources, and waste.
We've been all taking significant actions to revert pollution and its effects, but we are still very far from being a sustainable society. Things just turned even worse since the beginning of the pandemic because the entire world started throwing away millions of masks, gloves, and wipes every other day. Keeping ourselves secure and protected had turned into a real challenge, and we are all under the work of developing a new green strategy to reduce the environmental impact.
The electronic industry uses a surprising number of raw materials, energy, and time to complete its manufacturing processes. Governments from all around the world have established green laws that encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices to revert climate change, minimize pollution and protect the environment. We had earlier discussed the importance of prolonging the electronics lifecycle to minimize the negative impact caused by all those manufacturing processes. Unfortunately, not all the equipment is suitable for refurbishment because of its age, functionality, and condition.