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The Value of
PRINT

Misconceptions

Electronic communication is

more environmentally

friendly
than print.

I
60% of energy used
n Europe and the U.S. around to make

paper comes from renewable resources. (Carbon & Energy

Reduction, Print City, 2010)

Aefects from producing an e-reader
dverse health
70 times worse
are than producing a book.
(Daniel

Goleman and Gregory Norris, “How Green Is My iPad,” The New York Times)

CO4 times higher
emissions from making a CD are
2
than printing a 100 page, 4-color annual report
from .

(ED #13, Balance, NewPage)

I3.16 million tons
n 2008, Americans generated

electronic waste.
of
(EPS, MSW 2008 data)

Misconceptions

Misconceptions

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