Effects of technology on environment.

I start with the greatest name of Allah who is the king of kings.
Respected principal of BGS and lovely teachers Assalam halekum. I am here in front of you to have some
words about a dashing topic which goes like this effects of technology on environment.
Many of the technologies we use every day consume a lot more resources and power than they need to, and using
and manufacturing them can create a mess. Here are a few of the ways that technology can harm the
environment:
Pollution - Air, water, heat and noise pollution can all be caused by producing and using technology
Consuming resources - Non-renewable resources, including precious metals like gold, are used to make technology. Many others, such as
coal, are consumed to generate the electricity to use technology. Even some renewable resources, like trees and water, are becoming
contaminated or are used up faster than they can renew themselves because of technology.
 Waste - Manufacturing technology creates large amounts of waste, and used computers and electronics get thrown out when
they break or become outdated. Called "technotrash," these electronics contain all sorts of hazardous materials that are very
unsafe for the environment. They need to be disposed of using special methods.
 Disrupting ecology - Clearing land where animals used to live to build factories and allowing pollution to contaminate the food
chain can greatly affect the environment's natural cycles.
 Health hazards - Using toxic materials that can harm our health can cause cancer, and technology addiction can lead to other
health problems like obesity and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carbon emissions, mostly carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, are greenhouse gasses that are produced by people.
Greenhouse gasses are gasses in the atmosphere that trap and reflect heat and radiation back to the planet's
surface. It is believed that over the last century, the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere has increased
due to carbon emissions, and that they are contributing to global warming.
Carbon emissions get released into the atmosphere from things like cars, air planes, power plants and factories.
They also get released by people like you, when you use a vehicle or electricity created from burning fossil fuels. The
computer you're using to read this is using electricity, and so is your mobile device and video game system. We're all
guilty of enjoying things that aren't exactly eco-friendly, but if we're smarter about how we use technology, we can
reduce our environmental impact.
Technotrash, also called electronic waste or
e-waste, is any broken or unwanted electrical or electronic device, and is currently the most rapidly-growing type of waste.
If you just throw away technotrash with the regular trash, it usually ends up in a landfill. Most electronics contain non-
biodegradable materials, and heavy metals and toxic materials like cadmium, lead and mercury. Over time, these toxic
materials can leak into the ground, where they can contaminate the water we drink, the plants we eat and the animals that live around the
area. Many European countries have even banned technotrash from landfills.
 These toxic materials can cause all kinds of bad effects including nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and even
cancer. If you keep eating and drinking contaminated food and water, these toxins can build up in your
body. If you eat animals that have been contaminated, you're getting a double dose of toxins. What's
even worse, your body can't properly process some of these metals and so they might take years to get
out of your system.
 To help protect the environment, don't put technotrash in with the rest of your household's garbage.
Check with your local recycling centers to see if they take technotrash, or enter the type of trash and your
zip code at Earth911.org to look for other recycling places nearby. You can also ship it to a company
that specializes in disposing of technotrash, like GreenDisk.
While some of the impact of computers and the Internet has unfortunately been negative, much of it has also
been positive. Here's just a few of the ways that technology is helping to improve the environment:

 It helps us develop and produce new materials and technologies that are sustainable and do not harm the environment, so we can
eventually stop using ones that do harm it
 It allow us to monitor and study our environment to better understand how it works and the impact of our actions on it
 It helps us create smarter technologies that respond to how we use them and adjust themselves to reduce their environmental
impact, such as lights that can sense when no one is in the room and automatically turn off
 It allows us to have a worldwide virtual laboratory, so that experts from all fields can share their research, experience and ideas to
come up with better, smarter solutions. Not only does this allow people far away from each other to work together, but it also
reduces the environmental impact people would normally cause from traveling to meet with each other
 It allows for paperless communication like email and online bill paying to reduce the amount of trees cut down
 It allows companies to reduce shipping and manufacturing impact and to reach a broader audience
Sometimes people can get so excited about using a new technology that they overlook the negative impact on
the environment. But, it's very important that we use technology in the smartest and most responsible
manner, so that we are solving problems, not creating more for the future.