Students who read print books have a better reading comprehension of the text, perform better on quizzes about the content of the material and suffer less eye fatigue
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  17/5/2013

In a comprehensive study of students at 5 major universities, 54% of students reported that print textbooks provided a better learning outcome than e texts
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  16/5/2013

In Interviews with 600 Millennials conducted by TRU research, interviewees considered print documents more official and more trusted than electronic documents
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  16/5/2013

Over 2.5 billion people read print newspapers at least once a week, versus 100 million who read digital newspapers exclusively. 500 million read both print and digital newspapers.
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  16/5/2013

Research in higher education confirms that 54% of students prefer print on paper for academic study.
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  16/5/2013

With paper, three quarters of students mark up texts as they read. This includes highlighting key passages, underlining, drawing pictures and writing notes in margins. The digital text disrupts a technique called cognitive mapping, in which readers used physical cues such as the location on the page and the position in the book to go back and find a section of text or even to help retain and recall the information they had read.
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  16/5/2013

The environmental impact of web based electronic teaching aid is nearly 30 times higher compared to the impact of a printed text book!
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  9/5/2013

The average energy consumption on the level of a typical Google user is about 180 watt-hours a month, or the equivalent of running a 60-watt light bulb for three hours.
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  26/4/2013

UN FAO statistics show proportion of wood used directly for making paper remains at 11%
Submitted by: Sonya Sanghera  12/3/2013

European paper recycling rates in Europe in 2011 up to 70.4%
Submitted by: Vince Collins   7/11/2012

870 million tonnes of CO2 removed by European forests - every year!

Submitted by: Martyn Eustace   12/3/2012

European Forests are still growing at a rate of 1.5 million football pitches every year
Submitted by: Martyn Eustace   12/3/2012

The European paper industry is one of Europe's biggest producers of biomass energy and contributes more than a fifth of Europe’s biomass-based energy production, most of which is used to cover the sector’s own energy needs.

CEPI, the Confederation of European Paper Industries, declared in 2003 its intention to increase the share of biomass from 49% to 56% in its on-site total primary energy consumption for on-site heat and power production. This share has increased to 54.5% in 2009 and has reached 54% in 2010

Submitted by: Martyn Eustace   7/3/2012

The leading cause, c.80%, of Brazilian Amazonian rainforest destruction arises from farming

Submitted by: Martyn Eustace   5/1/2011

1.5 million football pitches of new trees every year
Submitted by: Martyn Eustace   19/10/2010

 

During 2009, 76.5% of mailed Direct Marketing material in the United Kingdom was disposed of into the recycling stream rather than landfill.

Submitted by: Vince Collins   18/10/2010

Print and Paper comprises 1% or less of World Greenhouse Gas Emissions
13/4/2010

The single biggest direct cause of tropical deforestation is conversion to cropland and pasture,mostly for subsistence, which is growing crops or raising livestock to meet daily needs
9/3/2010

Euros 5.25 billion, is the estimated value of all waste in Europe

5/3/2010

About 80 percent of total emissions from agriculture, including deforestation, are from developing countries.
5/3/2010

According to the FAO, 90 per cent of deforestation is caused by unsustainable agricultural practices
5/3/2010

E-waste is now the fastest growing component of the municipal solid waste stream. In Europe e-waste is increasing at three to five percent a year, almost three times faster than the total waste stream
The amount of electronic products discarded globally has skyrocketed recently, with 20-50 million tonnes generated every year. Electronic waste (e-waste) now makes up five percent of all municipal solid waste worldwide,

• Mobile phones have a lifecycle of less than two years in developed countries
• 183 million computers were sold worldwide in 2004 - 11.6 percent more than in 2003
• 674 million mobile phones were sold worldwide in 2004 - 30 percent more than in 2003
• By 2010, there will be 716 million new computers in use. There will be 178 million new computer users in China, 80 million new users in India
• 183 million computers were sold worldwide in 2004 - 11.6 percent more than in 2003
• 674 million mobile phones were sold worldwide in 2004 - 30 percent more than in 2003

Submitted by: A. B.  5/3/2010

Some 10.4 million tonnes (or 17.2%) of the total 60.3 million tonnes were exported for recycling in third countries outside the commitment region of EU-27 plus Norway and Switzerland.
5/3/2010

The Growing Stock in Europe is Increasing

5/3/2010

'The available data demonstrate that the greenhouse gas emissions along the forest products value chain are largely offset by the sequestration accomplished in forest products'.

26/1/2010

The amount of Carbon stored in products is about 540 million tons of CO2 every year

26/1/2010

71% of all paper and board produced in the UK is recovered for reuse either in the UK or for export.

6/1/2010

European Forests cover 44 percent of the land area of Europe
10/12/2009

The European paper industry fully supports the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity.
28/8/2009

The health, vitality, and area of forests show a stable or increasing trend in most countries
27/8/2009

Forest in EU countries cover 42% of the total land area
27/8/2009

Mail represents 0.1% of total household emissions. It amounts to only 14kg of CO2 per year based on an average number of mail items for a household of 707 per year. This is equivalent to: - One 70km car journey - Five Cheeseburgers - Nine litres of milk - 6.6 minutes of a transatlantic flight
Submitted by: A. B.  13/7/2009

UK Studies have shown that campaigns combining mail and internet yield up to an additional 25% response rate
13/7/2009

A typical data centre can consume between 10 to 20 MW, equivalent to the demand from a small town like Woking or Luton.
13/7/2009

For every KW of power used by a server, another KW is needed to cool it down
13/7/2009

The highest concentration of worldwide data centres is in London
13/7/2009

60/70% computers are left on all the time. This is equivalent to: - 1.5 billion KW hours - 1.5 billion one bar electric fires on for one hour costing £150 million - 200,000 small family cars
Submitted by: Abdullah Abed   13/7/2009

One e mail, with a 400kb attachment, sent to 20 people, is equivalent to burning a 100w lightbulb for 30 minutes.
13/7/2009

2% of the UK's current energy requirement is demanded by data centres today. Roughly the same as the airline industry.
13/7/2009

Half the UK's household energy requirements could be needed to drive laptops and PCs in the next 10 years
Submitted by: Abdullah Abed   13/7/2009

Forest management practices increasingly promote biodiversity
Submitted by: Abigail Davey   13/7/2009

98 percent of all European forests are covered by a forest management plan or equivalent.
Submitted by: Abigail Davey   13/7/2009

European Forest biomass carbon reserves are huge, and increasing.
Submitted by: Abigail Davey   13/7/2009

Wood volume in European forests has reached record heights and is increasing
13/7/2009

The total forest area in Europe is expected to increase by around five percent between 2000 and 2020
13/7/2009

In Belgium, 97% of households check the post daily, 74% open the mail immediately. 80% of all DM is opened with an average reading time of two minutes. In the UK, levels of opening (67%) and reading (45%) increased in 2005. 70% of customers keep direct mail for later use
13/7/2009

CO2 emissions per tonne of paper produced have been cut by 35.8% since 1990
13/7/2009

Paper accounts for more than half of all the packaging material recovered for recycling. More than glass, metal and plastic combined.
Submitted by: Adrian Riley   13/7/2009

Paper fibres can be reused a number of times. The paper industry is a leading recycler
13/7/2009

The European Environment Agency has stated that that European forestry is developing in a way that can be considered good for biodiversity
Submitted by: Adrian Quantrill   13/7/2009

The UN has also said that forest health in Europe is both good and improving
13/7/2009

94.4% of the paper we use is made in Europe
Submitted by: A. B.  13/7/2009

Since 1950 forests in Western Europe have increased by 30%
13/7/2009