It’s easy to assume using pixels instead of paper is an eco-friendly solution but websites do have an environmental impact, and it’s growing! For an example, around 10% of the world's total electricity consumption is being used by the internet, according to a research report from Swedish KTH in 2019. The report examines energy-use in computers, tablets, smartphones, in production of products, in networks, servers, data centres and internet services as a whole. Data centres store and distribute website data, using billions of kilowatt-hours of electricity. The good news is that data centres and individual site owners are ...