The Environmental Impact of Paper and Paperless Universities

This essay advocates for universities to adopt paperless policies to protect the environment. The introduction highlights the importance of environmental protection and the impact of paper consumption, linking it to deforestation. The main body presents three arguments supporting the transition: paperless campuses contribute to a sustainable, low-carbon society; going paperless is good for the environment by reducing pollution, and universities can save time and resources. Counter-arguments are addressed, and rebuttals are provided with evidence and examples, such as the role of electronic gadgets and digital technologies in education. The conclusion reinforces the effectiveness of paperless campuses in protecting the environment and promoting sustainability through digital resources, reducing deforestation, and saving time and resources. The essay emphasizes the importance of reducing paper usage to protect the environment, reduce carbon footprints, and create a sustainable future for students and universities.

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Table of Contents
Topic ...............................................................................................................................................1
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1
Main body .......................................................................................................................................1
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Topic
All universities should go paperless to protect the environment.
Introduction
Environment protection is considered to be the key aspect of an individuals life, as it is
essential for people to protect the environment in respect to maintaining the living sustainability
of people on earth. Environment is refers as the things that create an individuals surroundings
and has a huge impact over the ability to live on earth, the air in which people breath, the water
that covers the surface of earth and required for the living of people and animals around us and
much more (Sonetti, Lombardi and Chelleri, 2016). Environment protection is considers as the
key issue, thus saving papers is a singly step for saving the environment, as papers are
implemented by the cutting of trees and less use of papers saves environment. The present
writing is based on the analysis of the argument that all universities should go paperless to
protect the environment. In today's digital world, this is a key step which is requires to be taken
by the Universities to contributing a huge effort in saving the environment. This report is based
on three arguments that will be effective in covering the issue by presenting the counter
argument.
Main body
Thesis Statement:
“All universities should go paperless to protect the environment.”.
ARGUMENT
1:
COUNTER-ARGUMENT: REBUTTAL: EVIDENCE/
EXAMPLE:
Paperless
campuses: The
Real
Contribution
towards a
Sustainable
Low Carbon
Environment safety is the key
consideration of people, thus
individuals are very much
concern over protecting
environment through reducing
the causes that create
environment issue. Tree
The increasing use of
papers leads to
negative impact over
the environment.
There are multiple
measures that can
plays an effective role
For the reason of
protecting
environment. The
universities of
United Kingdom has
taken a step to
developing a
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Society. plantation and saving is an
effective step for protecting
the environment effectively.
Every forest ecosystem
service globally is now in a
critical situation. The decline
of the region’s forests can be
attributed to a wide extent of
deforestation drivers (Shove
and Spurling, 2013). The
massive global deforestation
is not only caused through
deforestation of tropical forest
in developing countries, but
also deforestation of natural
forests in developed regions.
The paper industry is refers as
one of the major players of
deforestation. The global
consumption of paper is so
high and also developed
around 3 percent per year, the
overall global paper
consumption is around 350
million tons. The usage of
paper in each segment is high
as paper industry are rapidly
cutting to satisfying the need
of papers and sheets, thus 1
tree is paying the cost of
producing 16.7 reams which
in reducing the usage
of paper in academic
area to protect the
environment, thus tree
protection is effective
in removing around
100 to 120 billion tons
carbon each year. The
usages of paper in
eduction industry is so
high and idea of
paperless campus has
perform vital role in
reducing the causes
that affects
environment at vital
level (Littledyke,
Manolas and
Littledyke, 2013). The
on average an
individual
consumption rate of
paper is around
3,873.1 sheets per
student on the basis of
a year which is equal
to 0.6 trees per year for
fulfilling the need of
students related to per
sheet. Thus excessive
use paper has direct
paperless campus,
thus this refers as a
new and effective
pedagogical strategic
approach in which
most of the
education activities
are executed through
the support of
electronic gadgets.
Electronic books, an
e-learning campus,
digital libraries,
computer-based
learning, data-base
management
systems, video
conferences,
distance learning,
smart card
applications, web
mail, teleconference
and web-based
applications are
common
components and
plays vital role in
promoting paperless
campus in respect to
protecting the
environment.
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is equal to 8,333 sheets,
however around 900 million
tress are cut at yearly basis for
paper industries. The
consumption of paper is high
in eduction industry and this
has direct impact over the
environment. For the purpose
of protecting environment,
universities, colleges and
school campuses has decide
to develop paperless culture,
as this is a possible factor in
today's digital world. The
universities allows their
students to submit their
projects in digital form.
negative impact over
the overall
environment.
ARGUMENT
2:
COUNTER-ARGUMENT: REBUTTAL EVIDENCE/
EXAMPLE:
Going
paperless is
good for
environment.
Environment protection is the
key area which has taken into
proper consideration by the
individuals as to living a
comfortable and pollution free
lifestyle (Anthony and Majid,
2016). In today's competitive
environment people are
harming environment for
satisfying their needs and
wants and the change in
environment has negatively
Tree plantation and
protection is an
essential aspect in
protection of
environment (Gupta,
2015). Trees are
cutting for satisfying
the needs and wants of
people and paper
industry is the key
factor of energy
consumption in the
Going paperless is
good strategic
decision taken by the
universities and
education
departments, thus
Universities in UK
are focuses over
providing digital
facilities to their
students in respect to
providing benefits to
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impacted over the living of
earth. The reducing use of
paper has providing a huge
contribution in protecting
environment, thus the paper
industry is refers as the fifth
largest consumer of energy in
the globe. The over use of
paper has create impact over
the carbon footprints which
affects the environment.
Going paperless is the huge
step for protection of
environment, thus it saves
trees, making improvement in
cutting down the pollutions,
reduction in transportation,
saving of water etc. In the
digital world it is quite easy
for people to apply the
approach of pedagogical for
their education purposes and
keeping the environment save
by making reduction in the
production of paper.
globe. The over use of
paper has direct
influence over an
organisations carbon
footprint, it is not just
arises through cutting
down the trees to make
the papers but also on
the fossil fuel power
that are applied for
printing of papers and
the chemicals that are
used in providing
proper gesture to the
sheets and papers
(Gosnell, 2018). This
may result in
producing negative
impact on the climate
and environment.
them and the
environment. The
less use of papers are
now taken place in
the environment due
to the emergence of
digital technologies.
The major use of
papers are taken
places at the time of
submitting projects
and assignments, so
the universities are
taking decisions to
making the projects
through digital
sources for the
purpose of reducing
the use of papers.
This create value in
protecting the
environment.
ARGUMENT
3:
COUNTER-ARGUMENT: REBUTTAL EVIDENCE/
EXAMPLE:
By going
paperless,
University
saves time and
Protecting the environment is
requires to be a global priority
now a day's, however the
environment is widely
Humans are
recognised as the key
aspect of environment
protections, thus
People are not very
much concern on
saving environment,
thus they are mainly
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the
environment.
affected and has huge impact
on the living of people
(Shishkovskaya, J., Sokolova
and Chernaya, 2015). Going
paperless is beneficial for the
environment, thus it reduces
the use of paper and it directly
protects environment through
reducing the chopping of trees
for producing papers. In this
modern digital timing it is
quite weird and time
consuming to still rely on
paper transactions. The
development of paperless
environment is totally
represents a green
environment, which creates
benefits for the climate and
saves the environment as
well. Going paperless is helps
in reducing air pollutions,
thus the production of paper
has created numerous carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere.
Universities are now a day's
based on digital aspects thus it
is effective in developing
sustainability and saving the
environment (Mourad and
Serag Eldin Ahmed, 2012).
people have taken
various steps to
promoting the
activities for saving
environment. With the
help of paperless
climate, universities
can save time and
environment but it has
direct impact on the
cost, thus emergence
of digital technologies
are effective in saving
environment but are
cost consuming in
nature (Pettibone and
Bartels, 2012). High
emergence of digital
technologies has also a
negative impact over
the environment,
however, this increases
the use of tours and
transmitters which are
quite implacable for
animals especially for
birds. For making
individuals living easy
and comfortable
people are not think
about the climate and
focuses to satisfying
their needs and
wants. The
universities are
playing vital role in
developing digital
environment in
which they are
providing proper
eduction through the
use of digital
technologies and not
based on hand made
notes. This create
value in saving time
for universities
professionals and
students. This also
increase the long
term sustainability of
data and easy to
provide to students.
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environment (Gosnell,
2018). This create
numerous negative
influence over the
environment.
Conclusion
As per the in-depth analysis of the project it has been concluded that in this modern
digital worlds the ideas of paperless campus is effective for protecting the environment. It is
beneficial for the universities to provide wider knowledge base through making effective search
by the help of digital sources, this is also effective for an individual or university is enhancing
the sustainability of data in effective manner. The wider use of digital technologies are effective
in protecting the environment through reducing the chopping of trees, thus trees are the key
aspects that mainly protects the environment.
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