Electronic Paper Technology - Tomorrow's Paper
According to Judy Rodrigrues of Greenpeace International: "Our aim is to generate a society-wide understanding of the need to cut wasteful paper use and to help both big and small consumers to take action to make real reductions." On June 09, 2008, about fifty European non-governmental, environmental organizations launched a project to address the excessive consumption of paper. They invited individuals and corporate paper users to make a pledge to reduce consumption of paper at the website they created for this purpose, shrinkpaper.org. About 42 per cent of the lumber produced across the globe goes into pulping and paper production. If we can eliminate the need for paper in the future, we can greatly reduce the rate of deforestation. Development of electronic paper technology, such as the electronic ink introduced by E Ink Corporation, will take us closer to a greener future. Let's, in this article, have a look at the electronic paper technology and its progress. Wh...