Is having the latest technology a want or a need?
How often do you get a new cel phone or mp3 player? Did you really need a new model? Do you consider the environmental impact of these purchases? If you are addicted, how can you break your addiction?
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New Devices
I try to get as much out of my devices as I possibly can. I usually get a new cellphone every two years and try to recycle the old e-waste properly. This recycling of e-waste is essential because this e-waste can have drastic effects on the environment if not discarded properly. Cell phones have bits of mercury and lead within them and this can poison not only wildlife, but humans as well. This website describes e-waste in much more depth http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796756/. I do not feel as if I am addicted to technology.