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Computers have become an important part of the modern generation. During COVID-19 millions of employees and students forced to stay home due to the work from home and online learning needs. As a result of this, sales of laptop and desktop computers exceeded 302 million, 13% increase during the pandemic. Though computers have served the purpose and proved to be integral part of individuals as well as organizations, they also have several negative impacts on the environment. People are generally concerned about the environmental issues like increasing water level, melting of glaciers, depleting of ozone layer and their devastating effects on climate and environment. For this contribution of human activities like exhausting natural resources, emitting greenhouse gases, cutting down forests, polluting land, water, and air is very significant. The usage of computers is also harmful to the environment from their manufacturing to usage and disposal. They consume lots of energy and emit carbon dioxide. Similarly improper disposal and recycling of computers can cause pollution. This is where Green computing becomes very essential. Green computing is an environment-friendly technique for computing. It involves using computers, computing devices, and IT resources with minimal power and appropriate disposal to protect our environment. It is an effort to reduce or limit the harmful impacts and implement eco-friendly usage of computers.

Computers, resources, technique, pollution