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Originally Posted by HarryT
Paper manufacture is not a terribly environmentally-friendly process. See:
Environmental Impact of Paper
With readers, the main pollutant is the manufacture of the battery and the screen. In essence, you're swapping one polluting manufacturing process with another. It's difficult to compare environmental impacts directly, because they're different types of pollution. |
Ah but what are the percentages involved? I mean Does it make more pollution to create one battery & screen or more making the paper? And maybe one day better batteries will be made that don't have as big an impact as those that are currently used.