The Moley Prophet

These days,organizations are all on the hype of going electronic. Schools are turning their "year books" digital, corporations are turning their shareholders report digital. These reports are turning from the hard copy books that we used to see, to plastic compact discs. Some are praising them for a job well done - less trees to be cut. But have they ever considered the amount of electronic junk this is going to cause?

Books, can come from recycled paper, can be turned into recycled paper. Compact discs which are made from plastic, comes from crude oil, and then becomes junk, because they are non bio-degradable. How could they have overlooked this obvious fact? Maybe, they did it to save printing costs? That's the only reason I can think of. So, what is then the only way to make these reports and books environmentally friendly? Use the internet.

Corporations should allow shareholders to opt on whether they want to receive the report in hard copy, and to be digital by default. These would eliminate the electronic junk, and at the same time, reduce paper wastage. For schools, a "year book" is meant to be a lasting memory, and keeping it on the internet may not be as lasting as the hard copy. Therefore, I would urge schools to continue have both the digital and hard copy. Never cut the trees for them though, recycling is still the way…