Sustainability expert Don Carli on ebooks: When subjected to “cradle-to-cradle ” Lifecycle Analysis eReading is not nearly as green as many naively. ... To function, digital devices require a constant flow of electrons that predominately come from the combustion of coal, and at the end of their all-too-short useful lives electronics have become the single largest stream of toxic waste created by man. Until recently there was .... Want to read an e-book—or publish one? ...