10 hours of streaming a week represents, over the course of a year, the equivalent of 2.3 meals with beef or 76 kilometers by car. 100 emails sent per week is equivalent to 2.7 kilometers over a year in CO2 emissions.
These are some of the comparisons available on the new tool developed by the Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe) at impactco2.org to measure your digital carbon footprint. The site thus provides a global idea of its digital pollution so that everyone can calculate its impact.
Streaming, smartphone, laptop, all digital tools are examined. “The figures are based on data from Ademe. The challenge through this tool is to send the correct messages, so that the citizen can have a benchmark presented in an educational way”, argues Martin Regner, in charge of the Datagir Ademe service, which is developing the tool.
The simulator allows visualizing the amounts of carbon emitted projected on other polluting activities. And thus be able to visualize the impact on everyday things.
Digital activities represent 2 to 4% of global emissions and this tool highlights an essential point: “the construction of an electronic device is much more polluting than its use”, specifies Martin Regner.
In question, the components and raw materials. “To extract or manufacture these raw materials, equipment and machinery, energy for its operation, auxiliary products (fertilizers, pesticides, chemical substances, etc.) or even natural spaces linked to crops or breeding are necessary,” the site specifies. Assembly and distribution also appear to be important factors in contamination.
Impact Co2 allows a first awareness of the impact of your devices and also encourages action by adopting the appropriate actions such as recycling, repairing and preserving them as long as possible. Simple habits should also be adopted, such as using Wi-Fi instead of 4G to watch streaming videos.
Source: BFM TV
