Clustering Obsolete Computers to Reduce E-Waste

Clustering Obsolete Computers to Reduce E-Waste

Personal computers contribute significantly to the growing problem of electronic waste. Every computer, when finished with, must be stored, dumped, recycled, or somehow re-used. Most are dumped, at a huge cost to health and the environment, as their owners succumb to the desire to keep up with the e...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of information systems and social change 2010-01, Vol.1 (1), p.1-10
Hauptverfasser: Lynar, Timothy M, Simon, Herbert, Ric D, Chivers, William J
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