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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
As I said, it's not the electronics themselves, but the amount of them treated as disposable and thrown away fully functioning, that is the problem. This problem is also solved by multi-use devices, so consumers don't need a device for every single task. Efficient methods of production, use, recycling and proper disposal make a huge difference, and need to be applied to the electronics industry badly. When they are, there will be no doubt about the economic and environmental superiority of electronic devices.
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The same thing can be said about paper products then. You could have environmentally better ways to produce it and in fact some paper mills like Clairefontaine paper for instance, are environmentally friendly.
The environmental reason you cite that ebook is better than paper doesn't really hold then, because the manufacturing process, use process, recycle process and so forth are all directly applicable to paper production and usage.