Can you imagine a time when online shopping didn’t exist? It wasn’t too long ago when orders had to be made through print catalogs. Electronic commerce giants like Amazon and Ebay were nonexistent and shopping (without actually having to visit the store) was limited to catalogs received via mail. But what if these ecommerce stores printed their products on catalog…how many trees would they use?
We hear it over and over again that print media is dying. As tangible media moves to digital, a benefit of this is less production of paper. Deforestation, the cutting down of trees, is toxic to our environment, producing greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide (CO2) and those responsible for acid rain, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2).
In this ebook, learn just how much our carbon footprint has been reduced thanks to ecommerce:
Reduce, Reuse, Refresh: How Many Trees Has Ecommerce Saved?
According to the Paperless Project, the world produces 300 million tons of paper each year. Not only is ecommerce saving millions of sheets of paper, but it’s also reducing our carbon footprint and providing a convenience that wasn’t available even 20 years ago.
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