1. In 2009, the average North American
consumed almost 5 times as much paper
as the world average, 30 times as much
paper as a person living in Africa and
almost 6 times as a person living in Asia.
A “Cleantech” study cited that purchasing three e-books per month for four years
produces roughly 168 Kilograms of CO2 throughout the Kindles lifestyle, compared
to the estimated 1074 Kilograms of CO2 produced by the same number of printed
books.
Switching from virgin to recycled content paper reduces net greenhouse gas
emission by 47% and total energy consumption by 27%.
Princeton used 1000 tons (400,000 reams) of office paper last year. Only 7%
contained post-consumer content!
2. A PAPER A DAY TAKES YOUR BREATH
AWAY
REFERENCES
Hutsko, Joe. “Are E-Readers Greener Than Books? – NYTimes.com.” Energy and
Environment – Green Blog – NYTimes.com. The New York Times, n.d. Web. 25 April
2013. <http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08e-readers-greener-than-books/.>
Princeton. Stay Away from Virgin Paper. N.p.: Princeton, n.d.
Web.<http://www.princeton.edu/~greening/downloads/paper_flyer.pdf>
America, Green. “Paper Production and Consumption Facts” Green America.
N.p., n.d. Web.<https://www.greenamerica.org/PDF/PaperFacts.pdf>
“The State of the Paper Industry.” Environmental Paper. N.p., n.d.
Web.<http://environmentalpaper.org/documents/state-of-the-paper-industry-
2011-full.pdf>
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