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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
These advertisements that I get in my mailbox that I can't even opt out of are a waste of paper. A paper book can be reused a number of times. An e-reader is just a few ounces of plastic. If you're concerned about wasted plastic, use a metal water bottle instead of buying bottled water. You'll more than compensate for the plastic in you're e-reader quite quickly.
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There's quite a lot more to it than an inert piece of plastic - the battery components, for example. There are issues both on the mining side and on the e-waste side.
Cleantech's estimate of just the carbon impact over the lifetime of an eink reader was 168 kg (carbon dioxide equivalent emissions), but that's a pretty old analysis now.