From what I have observed in our society, I think that people purchase the latest technology merely because they want it. I personally try my best to not indulge myself too much in buying the newest technology, but there are definitely certain times that I buy a new model of something, use it for a while, and then discard it after another version releases. I have a few pieces of technology that are sitting around my house, such as my old iPod, phone, and speakers. This is a bad habit because each discarded piece of technology  contributes to the increasing amount of trash on earth.

In my opinion, I don't think that many people are aware of the environmental impacts that new technology has. We should try to be more conscious in our purchases or at least attempt to recycle our devices. Based on what I have observed, recycling can have a very large impact because most of the time that people buy new technology, it is not because their old device is malfunctioning. The old devices are in good conditions and can be passed on to other people in order to reduce the amount of  trash we produce. The more we dispose of our technology, the less we pollution we will cause and the less we will destroy the environments of earth.