The days of landline or fixed line phones have long been overtaken by the era of mobile phones. It is rare to see anyone nowadays without a mobile phone on them. With this advancement in terms of convenience, this often means overlooking the benefits this technology might have to the environment.
Before the advent of the internet and wireless technologies all businesses were bound to paper. Whether it was faxing, photocopying or just making notes, everything was done on paper.
Nowadays, especially with the new tablet computers, large and small companies are doing away with their previously massive paper trail. Staying in touch with the office is now as simple as having a Mobile Broadband Sim in your phone.
This means that you can be in touch with work, wherever you are in the world – around the corner or on another continent. So yes, these advances have definitely been convenient, but they also have the potential to lessen the damage we are doing to the environment.
Some businesses now only use tablet computers, preferring to send information through the airwaves than printing it on paper, and endangering the life of another tree. So the next time you pick up your mobile phone or your handheld computer think about the good you are doing for the environment, just by using less paper.
