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How your 'thank you' emails are polluting the planet

How many emails do you send a day? Image: Etienne Boulanger/Unsplash

Rosa Furneaux
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Estimated reduction in carbon emissions if UK adults sent one less short email per day.
Sending one less 'thank you' email a day could save 16,433 tonnes of carbon a year. Image: Statista
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