Why we need to tackle the growing mountain of 'digital waste'

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 08:30 in Earth & Climate

We are very aware of waste in our lives today, from the culture of recycling to the email signatures that urge us not to print them off. But as more and more aspects of life become reliant on digital technology, have we stopped to consider the new potential avenues of waste that are being generated? It's not just about the energy and resources used by our devices – the services we run over the cloud can generate "digital waste" of their own.

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