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25 January 2017

Reducing paper use may increase the UK Government’s carbon footprint – and reduce security!

Reducing paper use may increase the UK Government’s carbon footprint – and reduce security!

In its recently published “Greening Government Commitments 2016-2020” Defra reveals a commitment to reducing paper consumption by 50%.  However, this report does not consider what communications medium will replace this reduced paper use or that alternatives, most likely digital, will themselves have substantial environmental impacts.

In an open letter to the Rt Hon Mrs Andrea Leadsom MP, UK Government Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Defra, Two Sides challenge the government to explain how its planned paper reduction program will assist carbon reduction targets.

Click here to read the open letter

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