Within Latin America, around 9% of electronic waste is generated in the world, we can translate that to more than 4 thousand kilotons, which is based on cables, keys and also screens.
This garbage generally tends to end up in landfills in various parts of the world, but more specifically in Asia and Africa. Although the subject seems obvious, this great waste brings with it immense consequences for the environment.
However, despite the fact that the problem is immense, the information received about the efforts to stop this is almost nil. However, neither on the net, solutions or information are offered on the correct way in which to get rid of this waste and in turn help the environment, since many times it is useless to update the hardware of your old PC due to because it is very damaged.
For this reason, we want to leave you in this post, some ecological ideas with which you can give your technological devices a second life. This way you will be helping the environment and your pocket, in addition to decorating the spaces you want in an easy and quite creative way.
Get rid of thieves with this simple and fun idea
If you have a new device and want to keep it safe from thieves, you can use your old computer to throw them off.
To do this, we recommend keeping your old PC in a visible place, it can be near the door or in a room where it is well positioned, this way if someone tries to take something of value, the first thing they will see will be this old PC and you won’t want anything with her.
You can use your old PC as a portable file storage
Generally speaking, hard drives that are a little old work great as a portable storage device, so to do this, all you have to do is go to a computer store and buy a case to put it in.
Then you just have to connect it to another computer, all through USB cables and in this way, you will have more space to store your multimedia files and documents.
You can give it a second use as a firewall
If you want to protect your new computer as much as possible and at the same time control everything that happens within your home network, you can use your old PC as a firewall server, which works through firewall software, which is usually , it does not usually take up much space and does not need any type of processor that is especially fast.
You can use it as a means of computer distribution
Although this is a really new idea, many non-profit companies and also some charities, in general, need more computing power within their line of work, which can help them improve their work through various investigations and notes.
You can help them by connecting your travel PC to their network, so that they can use your processor to go much further.
Use your parts more intelligently
If your purpose is to upgrade your PC, and you also like the idea of ​​creating your own PC from scratch, you can use the parts of your old PC as part of this new device.
For example, the box of your PC, you can use it to be able to fill it with the best motherboard, a processor and perhaps the RAM memory, with which you can create a much faster machine than you had previously thought.
With these ideas, you will be helping not only the environment, but you will also be able to give a second life to this team that has been with you for so many years.
