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• Sixty percent of internet traffic comes from videos streamed on platforms like YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu, to name a few. According to The Shift Project – a French think tank – 300 million tons of carbon dioxide are generated from watching videos every year, which equates to about 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
• Don't keep videos playing when you leave the room or after you fall asleep, and turn off auto-play on YouTube. Close tabs on your browser that might play video ads without your knowledge.
• Sending an email is, in the end, more environmentally sustainable than delivering a physical letter, and uses only 1.7% of the energy. It does, however, still come at a cost. Every email (taking into account all the processes behind hitting send) equates to carbon emissions: 0.3 grams of CO2 for a spam email, 4g for a regular email, and 50g for an...
• Fifty million tons of electronic waste are generated every year – which is equal to 1,000 laptops thrown away every second – only 12.5% of which is recycled, according to the EPA.

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