The Paper Chase. Jim Motavalli.
by Motavalli, Jim; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 57Environment. Publisher: E Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Deforestation | Dioxins | Forest management | Hemp | Kenaf | Paper industry | Paper products | Pollution -- Environmental aspects | Waste paper -- Recycling | Wood-pulp industry -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "While many futurists predicted that we'd be enjoying the paperless office around this time [2004], Americans are still at the epicenter of a paper blizzard. Were you under the impression that the electronic age would free us from all that? According to The Myth of the Paperless Office, a company's use of e-mail causes an average 40 percent increase in paper consumption. The demand for ream after ream of white paper is putting a huge strain not only on America's forests, but the world's. And it's forcing the environmental movement to consider the alternatives." (E MAGAZINE) The author argues that "we should be recycling more and developing alternatives to wood-based paper."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Paper Chase, May/June 2004; pp. 26-39.
"While many futurists predicted that we'd be enjoying the paperless office around this time [2004], Americans are still at the epicenter of a paper blizzard. Were you under the impression that the electronic age would free us from all that? According to The Myth of the Paperless Office, a company's use of e-mail causes an average 40 percent increase in paper consumption. The demand for ream after ream of white paper is putting a huge strain not only on America's forests, but the world's. And it's forcing the environmental movement to consider the alternatives." (E MAGAZINE) The author argues that "we should be recycling more and developing alternatives to wood-based paper."
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