Spam emails, unread emails, and unwanted emails contribute to carbon emissions.
Emails, texts, and messages are stored in data centres. In 2019, 293.6 billion emails were sent per day.
Of those 107 billion were spam emails.
If everyone around the world deleted 10 emails,
that would cut 39,035 metric tonnes of CO2 which is equivalent
to 19,356 tonnes of coal being burned every day.
Solution:
Unsubscribe from emails you don’t need,
Delete spam emails,
Don’t sign up for newsletters you aren’t going to read, and
Delete emails after reading them, including this one!
For further information:
Save our Planet by Deleting emails – The Good Planet
Felicity Maher
Sustainability Officer
