E-Waste: Virtual World Destruction

I found it interesting that computers made in 2005 are only suppose to last 2 years and yet at the time of purchase, sales associates attempt to make your purchase seem like a large commitment to quality that will last years. While North America and companies such as IBM and Apple are coming out with green friendly computers, other countries with competitive products do not seem as concerned. With the more aware green consumer is the average individual going to buy based on price or green awareness?
Personally when I think of electronic waste at first I thought of the waste that immediately affects me, junk mail and viruses. These are not substantial physical pieces of waste but often to the average individual are more of an “in your face” issue than dump sites; yet with 3-4 computers in each family, after 2 years they have to go somewhere. I found the movie presented by Greg and Katelyn to be a beautiful example of neutral a art piece displaying technological advancements without a bias towards a negative or positive view of these changes. The toxins that encompasses these deserted hunks of last years technology begin to pollute our world in many ways and yet this technology is so important to business that we will take the determinant if need be. We have faith in technology and we are changing everything about our world including human rights and the environment to sustain this technology. I believe if we are to implement a change with regards to the environmental progress of computers it needs to be a group effort. We need to connect the manufactures and consumer GLOBALLY to make a permanent step in the right direction.