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The Environmental Case for Remanufactured IT

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In his book Natural Capitalism , Paul Hawkin finds that the amount of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a five-pound laptop, you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. Image 1: TechSoup. Image 2 : John Hain / CC0. How Much Does Reuse Save?

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Environmental Case for Refurbished IT Equipment

Tech Soup

Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. Image: lungstruck. How Much Does Reuse Save?

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