Difference between revisions of "Paper Industry and Environmental Issues"
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Global warming and other environmental issues are hot topic nowadays, and more and more attention is paid on environmental issues. No other industry in the world produces as much environmental burden as paper-based publishing. Millions of trees are cut down every year for paper books, but paper-based publishing doesn’t only mean cutting down trees. It also requires huge amounts of energy and water, produces greenhouse gases and other pollutants, solid waste, chlorine and other toxins. E-books provide environmentally and economically a great solution by reducing paper and ink production, and they can be delivered to customers without distribution costs. | |||
== Enablers == | == Enablers == | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 5 March 2007
Description
Global warming and other environmental issues are hot topic nowadays, and more and more attention is paid on environmental issues. No other industry in the world produces as much environmental burden as paper-based publishing. Millions of trees are cut down every year for paper books, but paper-based publishing doesn’t only mean cutting down trees. It also requires huge amounts of energy and water, produces greenhouse gases and other pollutants, solid waste, chlorine and other toxins. E-books provide environmentally and economically a great solution by reducing paper and ink production, and they can be delivered to customers without distribution costs.