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BAB 1 PENDAHULUAN 1.1 Latar Belakang Di jaman sekarang ini, penggunaan computer, handphone, serta alat-alat elektronik lainnya semakin bertambah banyak. Dimana studi oleh Technology market analysts ABI Research diagnosa penggunaan telematik di tahun 2014 ini sejumlah 108,3 juta pengguna dan akan terus meningkat hingga 117,8 juta pada tahun 2019. Di Indonesia pun perbedaan ini sangat terlihat dimana pada tahun 2011 menurut survey Nielson menunjukkan ada 180 juta pengguna ponsel di Indonesia namun sudah meningkat pesat sekarang yaitu mencapai 236,8 juta pelanggan berdasarkan data yang diperoleh dari lembaga intelejen amerika CIA. Perkembangan ini juga dapat terlihat pada masyarakat dimana dulu orang-orang Indonesia hanya orang-orang yang mampu dan berkecukupan yang menggunakan ponsel, tetapi sekarang hampir seluruh masyarakat memiliki ponsel. Ini menunjukkan bahwa perkembangan penggunaan ponsel dan media-media elektronik lain sangatlah pesat dan akan terus bertambah dimana The International Telecoms Union (The ITU) bahkan memprediksikan pengguna handphone di seluruh dunia akan melebihi 7 milliar di seluruh dunia pada awal 2014. Perkembangan teknologi dan penambahan jumlah pengguna handphone dan pengguna-pengguna elektronik juga pasti tidak lepas dari banyaknya penggunaan bahan-bahan kimia serta bahan-bahan elektronik yang tidak ramah lingkungan yang digunakan untuk pembuatan barnag-barang elektronik tersebut. Kemudian pembuangan limbah-limbah dari pabrik manufaktur yang membuat barang-barang elektronik tersebut juga semakin banyak dan semakin merusak lingkungan. Belum lagi penggunaan barang-barang elektronik yang cepat berubah dan berganti dan konsumen pun di tuntut untuk terus mengikuti perkembangan teknologi tersebut dan terus... ... middle of paper ... ...eperti yang telah di uraikan di atas, saya menemukan beberapa manfaat yang dapat diperoleh sebagai berikut : 1. Masyarakat lebih tau dan mengerti tentang Apa itu Green Computing 2. Masyarakat mengerti tentang E-Waste dan dapat melakukan pencegahan dalam penambahan E-Waste 3. Masyarakat menjadi tau dan mengerti bagaimana cara menerapkan Green Computing 4. Masyarakat dapat lebih mengerti terhadap hal-hal yang dapat merusak lingkungan dan dapat lebih meningkatkan kepedulian terhadap lingkungan 1.4 Metodologi Penelitian Dalam laporan Topik-Topik Lanjutan tentang Green Computing ini saya melakukan penelitian dengan menggunakan metode penelitian studi pustaka yaitu metode mengumpulkan data dan informasi saya peroleh dari buku-buku serta jurnal-jurnal yang memuat data dan informasi mengenai topik dari laporan ini yaitu Green Computing serta topik-topik terkait lainnya.

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