“the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines – about 2% of global CO2 emissions” (via the times)1
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1) The Sunday Times, accessed April 28, 2009, http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece (page no longer available)
“Each month’s issue of DISCOVER in this process, transportation included, releases the equivalent of 170 tons of CO2 , whereas recycled magazines—only a small portion of the total—produce about 6 tons. Beyond reducing greenhouse gases, recycling saves about 1,000 pounds of solid waste, some 10,000 gallons of water, and 17 million Btu of energy per ton of paper. Furthermore, two tons of trees per ton of paper remain standing due to recycling”1
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1) Jennifer Barone, Amber Fields, Karen Rowan, and Jessica Marshall, “How Big Is DISCOVER’s Carbon Footprint?” April 21, 2008, Discover Magazine, accessed April 28, 2009, https://www.discovermagazine.com/how-big-is-discovers-carbon-footprint-16252
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