Technology inevitably makes products obsolete in a short period of time. Some ideas hang on for a little while past their expiry date. Consider telephone books, the yellow pages, mail order catalogues...books?For example, the Yellow Pages industry is a $14 billion dollar business, 97% of which comes from the print editions.
Some will make good arguments that the paper options are still needed, but it makes one wonder whether this coffee table is a good metaphor for our times.
As well as recycling, perhaps the most sensible strategy in reducing paper use is taking proactive steps of source reduction.
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