E-commerce And The Environment
7 March 2001 - 11:00am
On the surface, e-commerce seems to be an environmental benefit. But on closer inspection, there are many unseen costs.
"On the surface, e-commerce appears to offer a big environmental bonus by eliminating hundreds of thousands of trips to the mall. A closer inspection, however, reveals a net environmental impact that's decidedly mixed, according to Scott Matthews, a research scientist involved in assessing environmental impacts of technology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh."
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E-commerce: friend or foe of the environment?
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Environmental News Network, March 6, 2001
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