{"id":16325,"date":"2023-10-19T13:30:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/?p=16325"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T01:39:59","slug":"the-elephant-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/the-elephant-in-the-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elephant in the room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Every quarter in the greater Blue Mountains, the equivalent weight of one 7,000kg African male elephant in visitor information paper products is used and then discarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Consider this, just to make 7,000kg of <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">basic newsprint, you\u2019ll need about.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\ud83c\udf32 200 Trees<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\ud83c\udf0a 4,000,000 Litres of Water<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\ud83d\udca1 Electricity Consumption: Between 15,000,000 to 25,000,000 kWh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Creating paper means growing and felling trees, massive consumption of energy, and vast water usage. It involves the entire life cycle from planting, farming, transportation, milling, printing, and distribution to hopefully recycling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">We can make a difference!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">You can choose sustainable award-winning alternatives like <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ask Roz<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u2019s range of digital interactive visitor information products, and you will be helping to conserve our resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-end para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Together, we can secure a <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">greener future, if we choose wisely.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>QUICK SEARCH<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/askroz\/BlueMountains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.askroz.com.au\/askroz\/Experiences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-1.26.03\u202fpm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-1.26.03\u202fpm.png\" alt=\"The Elephant in the room\" width=\"854\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-1.26.03\u202fpm.png 854w, https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-1.26.03\u202fpm-280x300.png 280w, https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-1.26.03\u202fpm-768x824.png 768w, https:\/\/www.askroz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-19-at-1.26.03\u202fpm-660x708.png 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">*Numbers are estimates using available environment data<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/en\/embed\/view\/pu1ZHWxstRwd4ONV\" width=\"400px\" height=\"354px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yumpu.com\/en\/embed\/view\/5KEAHPXMy2weC4z7\" width=\"400px\" height=\"354px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"> <\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every quarter in the greater Blue Mountains, the equivalent weight of one 7,000kg African male elephant in visitor information paper products is used and then discarded. 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