- i couldn't justify the enviromental cost and impact of flying 5000 leaflets halfway around the world.
To be honest, I'd guess that turning off the sound on your PC would have a bigger environmental impact.
To be honest, I'd guess that turning off the sound on your PC would have a bigger environmental impact.
There no harm in being green if you can.
But don't forget labour costs are only a part of the total cost.
Also there is no comparison between me driving ten minutes to my printer, picking up a job and delivering it the twenty minutes into town - and the environmental cost of the printers having to transport 1000 leaflets on whats probably a massive lorry and then onto a plane to fly halfway around the world. They then need to be transported to my office.
The "massive lorry" will surely be carrying more than your 1,000 leaflets?
Yeah everyone makes that point about my 'one small batch' not making a difference.
But that massive lorry is full of 1000 seperate 'small batches'. The less people that send jobs over, the less lorries are filled. If there's even 100 people like me, than means maybe one less lorry, and thats better than nothing.
I agree that the printers aren't sourcing most stuff locally, I wish it was possible. But at least using an irish printer is better than nothing. Plus most printers in developing world are massively polluting local resources and the majority of workers there are paid and treated badly.
No choice is ideal I know, but i rest easy with my business decision as it's the best option for me and the one i think is more ethically correct as far as I'm concerned. I'm not a massive eco friendly person - I wish I was or was informed more - but I try and make the best decision I can, and I 100% believe in supporting Irish industry where possible, even if it's probably lost us jobs pricewise at times.
Yeah everyone makes that point about my 'one small batch' not making a difference.
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