A newspaper: carbon footprint
Carbonle#3 of 16📰Carbon footprintA newspaper
0.25kg CO₂e
one print edition
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A newspaper comes in at about 0.25 kg CO₂e (one print edition).
Of the 16 things you buy Carbonle tracks, A newspaper sits at #3 from the lightest — one of the lightest.
This is the one-off cost of making the thing, before you use it. It's why a reusable tote only wins after many trips, and why a phone's footprint is the factory, not the charger.
A day's paper, printed and delivered. Mostly the weight of the paper.
Compare with
Figures from Pulp & paper grade LCA (US, peer-reviewed), licensed estimate.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.