Did you know that getting a laptop is a smart, environmental-friendly decision compared to getting a regular desktop PC? This is because a laptop is smaller than a desktop, which means it has far less environmental impact when you have to dispose of it. Its slim size also means that there are less hazardous parts that needs to be disposed of, like USB ports, hard drives, CD drives, flash card readers, etc. Manufacturing smaller laptops also has an indirect environmental effect because the factories produce less harmful emissions.

Besides that, laptops today compy with Europe’s regulations on lead-free devices. Lead was formerly used to solder computer parts together, but new regulations require manufacturers to use other methods for making computers.