Results of the Industry’s First-Ever Environmental Survey Released
Key findings are sobering, yet also indicate progress.
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Miller addressed key findings from the survey, including data showing that the U.S. book industry consumes 1.6 million tons of paper per year—or greater than 1,000 of New York City’s Central Parks, Miller noted. “That figure is 50- percent greater than we thought,” he said.
The survey also found that the industry, through all steps of publishing, production and retail activities, emits more than 12.4 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, or approximately 8.85 pounds of carbon for the average book, with most of the impact connected to forest carbon loss.
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