Environment effects of digital technology

• Moral opportunities(3)

  Help to develop green technologies

  Less use of paper

  Newer technologies are more power efficient
• Social Opportunities(2)

  Less pollution means improved health

  Diversification of industries
• Ethical opportunities(2)

  Used to improve and monitor the environment

  Helps create smarter technologies that reduce their environmental impact
• Culture opportunities(1)

  Disposal of e waste can provide employment
• Moral risks(2)

  Depletion of natural resources to create and run devices

  Poorer countries inherit problems from richer ones
• Social risks(2)

  Pollution cause by power demands has effects non people (children)

  Air, water, heat and noise pollution created
• Ethical risks(1)

  Depletion of natural resources to power and create technology
• Cultural risks(2)

  Disrupting ecology - clearing land and pollution

  Substantial amount of e waste produced