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 ![Apple II](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/AppleII.jpg) ![Apple II](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/AppleII.jpg)
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- The Apple II computer.+ _The Apple II computer._
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 ![Motherboard](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/motherboard.jpg) ![Motherboard](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/motherboard.jpg)
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- Motherboard with connector slots.+ _Motherboard with connector slots._
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 ![Ribbon cable](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/ribbon-cable.jpg) ![Ribbon cable](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/ribbon-cable.jpg)
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- Ribbon cable with connector points.+ _Ribbon cable with connector points._
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- Much of the world’s computer waste is [sent to countries like Ghana](https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/High-tech-toxic-waste-killing-the-poor-in-Ghana-425347), where tens of thousands of people trawl through dumps to extract components, exposed to toxic chemicals and the smoke from plastics being burnt to recover metals.+ _Much of the world’s computer waste is [sent to countries like Ghana](https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/features/High-tech-toxic-waste-killing-the-poor-in-Ghana-425347), where tens of thousands of people trawl through dumps to extract components, exposed to toxic chemicals and the smoke from plastics being burnt to recover metals._
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- Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions.+ _Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions._
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 ![Raspberry Pi](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/raspberry-pi-1-1.jpg) ![Raspberry Pi](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/raspberry-pi-1-1.jpg)
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- Raspberry Pi mini-computer.+ _Raspberry Pi mini-computer._
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 ## Further resources ## Further resources
  
 +- [Computer Aid](https://www.computeraid.org/) non-profit organisation refurbishing computers for use in poor countries
 +- [Pure Planet Recycling](https://www.pureplanetrecycling.co.uk/)
 +- [Centrex](https://centrexservices.co.uk/logistics-services/it-disposal-services/) IT zero-landfill / refurbishment services
 +- [Restart](https://therestartproject.org/where-to-donate-your-computer/) - UK list of places to donate your old computer
 +- [Center for Sustainable Systems](https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/built-environment/information-technology-factsheet) - green IT factsheet
 +- [Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/) - US group working to protect individuals' digital rights, often involving court cases against government or corporations
 +- [Open Rights Group](https://www.openrightsgroup.org/) - UK-based digital rights organisation that campaigns to protect our rights to privacy and free speech online
  
-## Specialists+ 
 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
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