The eBook revolution has been underway in the 21st century as Amazon and Apple have helped popularize the digital publishing format with eBook reading devices. Other companies have acted as partners, providing the books. As more students get their degrees online, they will be dealing more with etextbooks over physical textbooks. [...]

Not only does a company going green help the environment, it could be a key selling point for clients. Many amazing advances in technology could also save hundreds or even thousands of dollars every single year, and this is why every company should consider doing just a little bit more [...]

Whether you’re an office-based business or just a regular home user, cutting costs and saving a few dollars here and there should always be worthwhile considering. As one of the essential pieces of office equipment – at both home and work – printers are one computer peripheral that can utilised [...]

The amount of paper thrown away every week in the US and Great Britain is staggering. According to the American Forest and Paper Association, the average US citizen uses more than 748 pounds of paper every year – and in Britain, it has been estimated that a typical family throws [...]

Taking your company paperless requires a payroll system free of paper forms. Can it really be done? Paperwork is one of the most tedious parts of the work day, especially when it comes to payroll. Luckily, getting a payroll system free of paper can be done in just five steps. [...]

EcoPaper, a leading provider of fine tree-free environmental paper products, has a new product to offer consumers:  the New Generation EcoPaper 100% Sugar Cane Tree- Free Multi-purpose Pure White Copy/Printer paper. Manufactured to meet the highest standards of quality and is truly an eco-friendly copy paper, EcoPaper’s newest product reportedly [...]

One of the world’s most respected publishers has become the latest subject of criticism by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). HarperCollins has been accused by the conservation group of using materials sourced from Indonesia’s endangered rainforests. Reuters reports that independent forensic fibre tests commissioned by RAN show that some of [...]

Canada’s Supreme Court has sided with newsprint maker AbitibiBowater, in a case examining a corporation’s responsibility to clean up an environmental mess. The nation’s high court ruled that AbitibiBowater is not in fact responsible for the clean-up of its mill in Newfoundland. Back in March 2009, the company shut down [...]

The American Consumer Institute (ACI) Center for Citizen Research has issued a report questioning how green the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) really is. The report analyzes the implementation of forest management practices and compares it to the management plan claims. According to the ACI, “the discrepancies between the implementation and the perception of [...]

The science of recyclables goes well beyond “blue box/black box.” Hopefully a significant quantity of the items you use during a day have already been on a number of trips to and through recycling centres. Earth911 and the Huffington Post break down the life cycles of some of our most [...]