Magazines and Sustainability

The pros and cons of paper (print) versus digital publications in relation to environmental sustainability have been summarized on the Green Technology weblog entry titled “Paper or Digital: Which Format Is Better for the Environment” where a blogger who identified himself as Green Dude wrote,

Main selling points … of eReaders is that they are greener than print…. [A] common view held by consumers … is that going digital means going green and saving trees. Many are in for a rude awakening…. [S]ubjected to “cradle-to-cradle” life cycle analysis, eReading is not nearly as green as many naively assume it is…. Digital devices require a constant flow of electrons that predominately come from the combustion of coal, and at the end of their all-too-short useful lives electronics have become the single largest stream of toxic waste created by man. ¹