E-books vs. paper books
Are e-books better than paper books in terms
of environmental impact? the debate is still going on and the
final word haven't been said yet. Eco-Libris is following closely
the discussion and provides you with links to articles, researches
and other sources of information that address this issue.
The links are brought to you in a chronological order. We
hope you will find them useful!
Paper
vs. paperless: Which makes reading greener?, Emerald
City Los Angeles Times, Siel , June 2, 2008 - Are e-books
like the Kindle) and Sony Reader more eco-friendly than paper
books? Siel writes about the debate and the need to make a
lifecycle analysis of the e-reader to get to riddle solved.
Would
you like that book in paper or plastic?, Environmental
Science & Technology, Erika Engelhaupt , May 7, 2008
- E-book readers save paper, but can a piece of plastic really
be better for the environment? ES&T reporter Erika Engelhaupt
is determined - very determined - to find out.
Screening
environmental life cycle assessment of printed, web based
and tablet e-paper newspaper, Center for Sustainable
Communications at the Royal Institute of Technology, Asa Moberg,
Martin Johansson, Goran Finnveden and Alex Jonsson, 2007
- Reading the newspaper 30 minutes a day on e-paper instead
of a regular newspaper is environmentally preferable. If you
read a Web-based newspaper instead, you can only read for
ten minutes to produce the same load on the environment. This
has been calculated in a study at the Royal Institute of Technology
in Stockholm, Sweden.
Amazon's
E-Book Reader: Kindle, EcoGeek, Hank Green, September
11, 2006 - EcoGeek presents some of the environmental
aspects of the Kindle's specifications.
Printed
Scholarly Books and E-book Reading Devices: A Comparative
Life Cycle Assessment of Two Book Options, Center
for Sustainable Systems University of Michigan, Greg Kozak
, August 24, 2003 - This paper presents the findings
of a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of two different book options
- electronic and print. It compared the life-cycle burdens
and impacts of a college student reading 40 scholarly books
and the equivalent amount of digitalized information using
dedicated e-book reading device.
More infomation on the carbon footprint of paper made books
can be found on:
Environmental
Trends and Climate Impacts: Findings from the U.S. Book Industry,
Eco-Libris 3-part coverage of the the new report on the book
industry's environmental footprint.
Toward
a Greener Future, Publishers Weekly, Jim Milliot,
March 10, 2008 - New industry study puts carbon footprint
at 12.4 million tons and outlines measures to reduce publishing's
environmental impact
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