Comments on: IP Says Paper is Greener than Computers

By: Jen R.

Jen R. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:10:37 +0000

It all comes down to the fact that people need to be more responsible. Instead of crying about the paper in landfills; start recycling. Stop being lazy and separate your “trash” to recycle. That’s as simple as it gets. If we continue to cut out printed publications, imagine how many jobs you’re cutting out – I used to work as a desktop publisher and my father actually works for International Paper, now I work for the United States Postal Service. Paper is the source of our income. So if people would be more responisble by recycling we can all hold on to our jobs. Sorry if this is all jumbled up – I’m half asleep with no coffee.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:21:00 +0000

Yes, Daniel, I agree, it is a liiiitle bit more complicated than that, because they’re not just talking about personal desktop printing as you and Jules are suggesting, they’re talking about large-scale printing too: the printing of newspapers, brochures, books, booklets, annual reports etc etc etc, which people are increasingly encouraged to use view online rather than in hard copy format. I think you both need to consider yuor arguments a little more.

By: Jules

Jules — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:08:00 +0000

I cannot help but think that productivity vs energy required is a formula that needs considering. Imagine if we did all the messaging we do today by mail?

By: Daniel Henderson

Daniel Henderson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:20:54 +0000

not a very convincing argument, at least as framed here. What about the resources involved in manufacturing and shipping additional printers? Cartridges? The electricity powering them? This makes it sound like IP expected that we were printing and writing on our computers (literally) instead of paper. It’s a liiiitle more complicated than that…