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They contaminate the soil, and water supplies near them. They are mainly composed of plastic,glass,silicon,lead and other material's.

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Q: How do disposed computers affect the environment?
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Making the raw material from which computers are made for starters involves the introduction into the environment of many pollutants, running them and their ancillaries takes energy this puts yet more pollutants in the air. and the batteries that run laptops are returned to pollute the environment. Semiconductors are mined by poor people in back country areas where food is not available, but Gorillas for instance are, these animals are killed to be eaten while the materials needed to produce our computers is being acquired. Regardless of what the company's say regarding recycling the truth is that only a small proportion of these devices are disposed of responsibly.