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How Environmentally Friendly Are E-Book Readers?

When you consider the latest high tech gadget what goes through your mind? It will differ from one person to another. Some may consider them to be trendy. Others may think that they are complicated and difficult to operate. So much depends upon your own individual perspective. However, it's probably reasonable to say that you won't associate the latest hot personal electronics gadget with being more environmentally friendly - but electronic gadgets can, under the right conditions, be better for the environment.

One possible candidate would be digital picture frames. These have become very popular over the last couple of years. As a result of high levels of competition, prices have now fallen to the point where you can buy a perfectly serviceable digital frame for no more than you might expect to pay for a traditional frame. One of the many perceived benefits of digital frames is the fact that they can store and display hundreds, sometimes thousands, of photos using one single frame.

It all depends upon how many snapshots you take, but if you tend to get a bit snap happy then displaying your photos using a digital picture frame might well be better for the environment. Whether you avoid having photos printed out at a processing lab or if you just print out less on your computer printer you will wind up using fewer materials.

Another example is the gadget of the moment - the electronic book reader. E-book readers have been around for quite a while now but it was only in 2009 that they really took off. They look set to become even more popular in 2010. Currently, Amazon's Kindle reader is the market leader but Sony have also established a good level of sales for these devices.

The U.S. book, magazine and newspaper sector requires 125 million trees per annum in order to feed it with paper. Additional to the trees required, vast quantities of water, chemicals, energy and ink are needed to satisfy our reading habit. Since books are a physical product, they need to be shipped to the bookstore, generally by road. Then customers get into their cars, drive to the book shop, buy their books and motor home again. It all adds up.

Electronic books of course, do not consume large amounts of paper, ink etc. in their production. Also, as they are not a physical product, they can be delivered over the internet rather than using the road transport network.

Of course, as both e-book readers and digital photo frames are themselves physical products, they do require both materials and energy for their production. They also need to be delivered to the retail outlet or direct to the end user. Even so, studies have shown that, even when the materials consumed are offset against the savings in paper, energy, ink etc. that these types of devices can be better for the environment (though to some extent it will depend upon how many phots you process or how many books you read in a year).

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