Camara Releases

 

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 29.9 million desktops and 12 million laptops were discarded in 2007 in the US alone—equalling over 112,000 computers being discarded per day.  Of this number, only 18% were recycled. Camara advocates the refurbishing and reuse of computers as the best alternative to throwing them away and the first step that should be taken before recycling. 

Camara's Founder Cormac Lynch stated “On top of educating the poor to end generations of ongoing poverty, a cycle that is increasingly important to break as globalization continues to ”shrink the world” making the interdependence among nations more evident than ever before, there are also huge advantages to the program in terms of protecting the enviroment. Camara helps stem the growing global problem of e-waste and build up of toxic materials in landfills or even more damaging to the environment, the shipment of used electronics and components overseas to incinerators that are often without any environmentally protective measures in place.”

US CEO Blake Burke explained further, “While we focus on the educational aspect of our program, Camara is also doing its part to help remedy global social, economic and environmental problems as well, issues that affect us all. We are confident that as more of the major tech companies come on board with Camara that we’ll not only meet but exceed our goal of shipping 600 computers from Silicon Valley to Ethiopia by the end of 2012.”