Released on: February 22, 2008, 8:34 pm

Press Release Author: Flash Drive Direct

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: USB Flash Drive manufacturer and designer Flash Drive Direct
has put forth an environmental assesment green paper on the positive impact that the
use of computer peripherals called Flash Drives have on the environment.

Press Release Body:
USB Flash Drive manufacturer and designer Flash Drive Direct has put forth an
environmental assesment green paper on the positive impact that the use of computer
peripherals called Flash Drives have on the environment. A power consumption saving
of over 500% detected.
What is a Flash Drive? Flash drives are small, infinitely re-usable computer devices
with a USB 2.0 interface.Their main purpose is to hold or transfer data from one
computer to another. But what is their impact on the environment?
Information on Flash Drives environmental impact was presented to the electronics
and promotional products industry recently. In it, Flash Drive Direct drives
http://www.flashdrivedirect.com were tested and compared to the use of energy
expounded when a CD is burned on a conventional PC to the energy consumed in the
making of a USB Flash Drive.
Considering that 97% of all CD sales are for 1 time use (non-rewritable) and that
nearly half of all CD?s are used only 1.3 times (on average) for the simple
transfer of data from 1 computer to another, when you compare that large amount of
energy consumed to the small eco-footprint when using a Flash Drive it is fair to
say the Flash Drives are deserving of the eco-friendly designation
The test results showed that the energy and petrochemicals consumed in the making of
a conventional CD (even before it was burned with information) was 1.78 times
compared to the energy consumed in the construction of the average Flash Drive.
Further research showed that the energy consumed in burning information (kilowatts)
onto a CD was on average 15 times greater than the energy consumption of the simple
transfer of the same amount of data USB Flash Drive.
\"Considering that 97% of all CD sales are for 1 time use (non-rewritable) and that
nearly half of all CD?s are used only 1.3 times (on average) for the simple transfer
of data from 1 computer to another, when you compare that large amount of energy
consumed to the small eco-footprint when using a Flash Drive it is fair to say the
Flash Drives are deserving of the eco-friendly designation\" states industry analyst
John Graham.
In fact last month Flash Drive Direct was awared both RoHS compliancy and WEEE
compliancy, the highest European standards.



Web Site: http://www.flashdrivedirect.com

Contact Details: 12500 Horseshoe Way
Vancouver Canada
604-272-8809
jg@flashdrivedirect.com