violetninja on Nostr: So their 2022 annual report has no information about their sustainability strategy ...
So their 2022 annual report has no information about their sustainability strategy and mitigating their environmental impact. There is also no mention of %of recycled pulp used in their magazine or newsprint divisions in their raw materials statements.
In 2022 their combined news and magazine divisions used 74,700 tons of raw pulp. Which emits about 1,427,000,000 pounds of CO2 emissions consuming 168,390 acres of forest.
These calculation do not account for fact 80% of paper is not recycled and ends up back in landfills. “Decomposition of the paper in landfills produces methane, a greenhouse gas with 21 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide (CO2). U.S. EPA has identified landfills as the single largest source of methane emissions in the U.S., and the decomposition of paper is the largest contributor to the methane being generated.”
https://www.paperrecyclingcoalition.com/policyissues/how-recycling-paper-fights-global-warming/
At 80% that would mean, 51,770 tons of news and magazine print end up in landfills. Would be interesting to calculate methane generate from NYT news and magazines that end up in landfills.
This calculator is cool. Gotta figure out calculating their methane impact cause the irony is Bitcoin mining off displaced methane should be an integral part of mitigating their environmental impact.
https://reports.environmentalpaper.org/1fc8c368893067655eef346756bf980e.pdf
In 2022 their combined news and magazine divisions used 74,700 tons of raw pulp. Which emits about 1,427,000,000 pounds of CO2 emissions consuming 168,390 acres of forest.
These calculation do not account for fact 80% of paper is not recycled and ends up back in landfills. “Decomposition of the paper in landfills produces methane, a greenhouse gas with 21 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide (CO2). U.S. EPA has identified landfills as the single largest source of methane emissions in the U.S., and the decomposition of paper is the largest contributor to the methane being generated.”
https://www.paperrecyclingcoalition.com/policyissues/how-recycling-paper-fights-global-warming/
At 80% that would mean, 51,770 tons of news and magazine print end up in landfills. Would be interesting to calculate methane generate from NYT news and magazines that end up in landfills.
This calculator is cool. Gotta figure out calculating their methane impact cause the irony is Bitcoin mining off displaced methane should be an integral part of mitigating their environmental impact.
https://reports.environmentalpaper.org/1fc8c368893067655eef346756bf980e.pdf