disposition and end of life options for personal computers h scott matthews graduate school industrial administration francis c mcmichael department civil environmental engineering public policy chris t hendrickson deanna j hart concurrent technologies corporation green design initiative technical report 97 10 carnegie mellon university july 7 1997 contact gsia 205 schenley park pittsburgh pa 15213 e mail hsm cmu edu http www andrew abstract a widely cited 1991 study predicted that nearly 150 million pcs would be sent to landfills by 2005 taking into consideration newer now available the general premise original is reconsidered many fewer are being as more recycled markets used electronic equipment develop still stored despite unprofitable nature storage updated model suggests will in same number initially landfilled instead we predict only 55 addition equivalent 15
