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Electronic Readers Versus Printed Material: An Ecological Comparison, Daniel Lloyd

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Abstract

With accelerating adaptation rates of technological devices, the benefit of electronics in our society has been under scrutiny for some time. People want to know how much are these advancements truly going to benefit the environment instead of harming it as previous practices have done? This study set out to research the current trend of Electronic Readers, also known as E-readers, by comparing them to already established concerns with printed material.

This report was written in order to expose truthfulness in regards to the E-readers' footprint on the environment and the current inadequacies found in observation of practices offered …