Newspaper Publisher’s Study Finds Usage Determines if Print or Digital is Greener

These are the results of a study carried out by Alma Media in partnership with leading research institutes to determine the life-cycle environmental impacts of three of its newspapers and their respective online services.

Comparing the environmental impacts of print media and online services is difficult as the most significant environmental impacts of print and online media mainly concern different environmental issues. Moreover, the results of the comparative study are influenced by the definition of what is included and excluded from the analysis, but also the fact that print and online media tend to be used in a complementary fashion rather than being seen as substitutes for each other.