January 30, 2007
From IT Week (UK)
Microsoft's long anticipated launch of Windows Vista was somewhat overshadowed today by accusations the new operating system could result in "massive" environmental damage.
The accusations were led by Tony Roberts, chief executive of UK charity Computer Aid International, which provides refurbished second hand computers to education and social projects in the UK and developing world economies. He argued that the stiff hardware requirements needed to run Vista will force many users to upgrade or replace existing PCs that are still perfectly effective.
According to Computer Aid International as many as 10 million PCs could be discarded in the UK over next two years as they are replaced by Vista compatible hardware.
Roberts said that this glut of unwanted IT kit could lead to an "environmental disaster", noting that with the new WEEE legislation governing the environmentally sound disposal of IT kit not coming into effect until July many of these unwanted machines could find their way to landfill sites.
"If you imagine each of these 10 million machines contains lead and many other toxic chemicals then we really are storing up an environmental disaster," he said. "It is essential all this e-waste is properly disposed of through licensed schemes."
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