Authors :
Anne-Marie KASSESSA
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3IIfn9N
Scribd :
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7502751
Abstract :
Today's world is flooded by ICTs which are
Information and Communication Technologies. They are
now part of the landscape, we are so used to them and they
provide so many services in terms of saving time, money,
energy while providing our life much easier and more
pleasant than anyone in their right mind would want to do
without at the risk of cutting themselves off from the world
altogether. ICTs therefore play a role of great importance,
they are now part of our daily lives, and we have them at
our fingertips almost every day. They have become
elements of communication, work, and business.
They take different forms, the mobile phone as well
as the tablet, for example, caught our attention in the
context of writing this article. All these utensils are
certainly very precious but it is advisable to take care not
to use them to excess because behind all that they allow of
usefulness, many studies reveal a pernicious side of these
ICTs, namely their negative impact on the environment in
that they contribute to the pollution of the Earth by the
considerable number of these tools which very quickly
become waste, which, moreover, are difficult to degrade,
causing pollution of the earth, seas and oceans, thus
jeopardizing the survival of many ecosystems. If we are
careful, in the next few years, the pollution induced by ICT
waste risks posing a major problem for humanity that will
be difficult to solve. Hence the responsibility in the use of
these ICTs in order to increase their lifespan as much as
possible or to offer them a second life by promoting their
recovery and reuse by third parties. Also, do not give in to
the tendency of buying fever, which would like us to buy
the most recent and fashionable ICTs, or by making sure
not to fall into the trap of ICT designers who make sure,
from the creation of these tools, to reduce their lifespan by
implementing various techniques such as planned
obsolescence or the numerous updates which weigh down
the machines and make them less attractive, more difficult
to handle.
Adopting responsible behavior when buying and
using ICTs could contribute to a very significant reduction
in their negative impact on the environment in terms of
waste production. to reduce their lifespan by implementing
various techniques such as planned obsolescence or the
many updates that weigh down the machines and make
them less attractive and more difficult to handle. Adopting
responsible behavior when buying and using ICTs could
contribute to a very significant reduction in their negative
impact on the environment in terms of waste production.
to reduce their lifespan by implementing various
techniques such as planned obsolescence or the many
updates that weigh down the machines and make them less
attractive and more difficult to handle. Adopting
responsible behavior when buying and using ICTs could
contribute to a very significant reduction in their negative
impact on the environment in terms of waste production
Keywords :
ICT, mobile phone, pollution, tablet, waste, WEEE.
Today's world is flooded by ICTs which are
Information and Communication Technologies. They are
now part of the landscape, we are so used to them and they
provide so many services in terms of saving time, money,
energy while providing our life much easier and more
pleasant than anyone in their right mind would want to do
without at the risk of cutting themselves off from the world
altogether. ICTs therefore play a role of great importance,
they are now part of our daily lives, and we have them at
our fingertips almost every day. They have become
elements of communication, work, and business.
They take different forms, the mobile phone as well
as the tablet, for example, caught our attention in the
context of writing this article. All these utensils are
certainly very precious but it is advisable to take care not
to use them to excess because behind all that they allow of
usefulness, many studies reveal a pernicious side of these
ICTs, namely their negative impact on the environment in
that they contribute to the pollution of the Earth by the
considerable number of these tools which very quickly
become waste, which, moreover, are difficult to degrade,
causing pollution of the earth, seas and oceans, thus
jeopardizing the survival of many ecosystems. If we are
careful, in the next few years, the pollution induced by ICT
waste risks posing a major problem for humanity that will
be difficult to solve. Hence the responsibility in the use of
these ICTs in order to increase their lifespan as much as
possible or to offer them a second life by promoting their
recovery and reuse by third parties. Also, do not give in to
the tendency of buying fever, which would like us to buy
the most recent and fashionable ICTs, or by making sure
not to fall into the trap of ICT designers who make sure,
from the creation of these tools, to reduce their lifespan by
implementing various techniques such as planned
obsolescence or the numerous updates which weigh down
the machines and make them less attractive, more difficult
to handle.
Adopting responsible behavior when buying and
using ICTs could contribute to a very significant reduction
in their negative impact on the environment in terms of
waste production. to reduce their lifespan by implementing
various techniques such as planned obsolescence or the
many updates that weigh down the machines and make
them less attractive and more difficult to handle. Adopting
responsible behavior when buying and using ICTs could
contribute to a very significant reduction in their negative
impact on the environment in terms of waste production.
to reduce their lifespan by implementing various
techniques such as planned obsolescence or the many
updates that weigh down the machines and make them less
attractive and more difficult to handle. Adopting
responsible behavior when buying and using ICTs could
contribute to a very significant reduction in their negative
impact on the environment in terms of waste production
Keywords :
ICT, mobile phone, pollution, tablet, waste, WEEE.
