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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Sustainable Travel Tip #3

When should you print or view on a computer screen?

Ok, when you travel it's not great to carry around loads of paperwork. However, interestingly, from a sustainable point of view, there has been calculations done to work out exactly when one should print something out versus reading something online. This takes into consideration the power/electricity for a computer and that of a printer and paper usage. 

Comes out at 5.2 minutes per side of a page. If you spend that much time reading a page, it's better for the environment that you print it! Here is the link for the details of the calculation:





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