{"id":12965,"date":"2025-09-15T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ciraig.org\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:38:55","slug":"should-you-print-save-or-search-your-recipes-the-carbon-footprint-of-cooking-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciraig.org\/index.php\/blog\/should-you-print-save-or-search-your-recipes-the-carbon-footprint-of-cooking-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Print, Save, or Search Your Recipes? The Carbon Footprint of Cooking Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we look for new recipes, most of us either&nbsp;<strong>search for them online each time<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>save them in a personal cloud<\/strong>&nbsp;for easy access. Some people still prefer to&nbsp;<strong>print them out<\/strong>&nbsp;and keep them in a binder. But does one option really have a smaller environmental impact than the others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out, we need to look at the \u201cbehind-the-scenes\u201d infrastructure that supports these choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Digital Foundations: Cloud vs. Online Search<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipes can be accessed in two main digital ways: by&nbsp;<strong>searching online<\/strong>&nbsp;or by&nbsp;<strong>storing them in the cloud<\/strong>. Both rely on the same underlying infrastructure, which can be divided into three layers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>User devices<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 smartphones, tablets, laptops where the recipe is viewed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data centers<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 where information is stored and processed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Networks<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the Internet, both global and local, wired or wireless, that transmits data.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Both systems require hardware and energy across manufacturing, use, and end-of-life. There are, however, some meaningful differences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With an\u00a0<strong>online search<\/strong>, the recipe is typically stored once on servers and accessed by many users.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With\u00a0<strong>personal cloud storage<\/strong>, the recipe is stored for your use only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Online search can therefore have a slight advantage at the data-center level because the storage \u201ccost\u201d is shared across many readers. That advantage shrinks if you spend time clicking through multiple pages to relocate the same recipe each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Device Impact: The Bigger Piece of the Puzzle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What matters even more than how you access the recipe is&nbsp;<strong>what device you use and how you use it<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Roughly\u00a0<strong>60%<\/strong>\u00a0of the digital sector\u2019s carbon footprint globally comes from user devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About\u00a0<strong>90%<\/strong>\u00a0of resource-depletion impacts are also tied to these terminals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you spend ~9 minutes following a recipe on your smartphone, more than&nbsp;<strong>90% of the footprint<\/strong>&nbsp;of that consultation comes from the phone\u2014largely due to the energy-intensive production of semiconductors, often manufactured in regions with carbon-heavy electricity. Laptops are&nbsp;<strong>3\u20135\u00d7<\/strong>&nbsp;more impactful per hour than phones. In short:&nbsp;<strong>smaller devices, used longer, and owned in fewer numbers matter far more<\/strong>&nbsp;than whether the recipe lives in your cloud or in a browser tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Generative AI: A New Factor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Using generative AI to locate or summarize recipes changes the picture somewhat. AI servers are\u00a0<strong>energy-hungry<\/strong>: in 2023 they represented about\u00a0<strong>2%<\/strong>\u00a0of the global server fleet but already accounted for\u00a0<strong>~18%<\/strong>\u00a0of server electricity consumption. Depending on methods and system boundaries, estimates of a single AI query\u2019s footprint can vary by\u00a0<strong>up to two orders of magnitude<\/strong>. Even then, for a typical recipe lookup,\u00a0<strong>your device usually remains responsible for over 80%<\/strong>\u00a0of the total footprint of that consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Printing: When Is It Justified?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Printing a single recipe has roughly\u00a0<strong>35\u00d7<\/strong>\u00a0the carbon footprint of viewing it digitally, primarily due to paper production. It only begins to make sense if you reference the exact same recipe\u00a0<strong>more than about three times per month<\/strong>\u2014and at that frequency, you may simply memorize it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Practical Ways to Shrink Your \u201cRecipe Footprint\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Skip printing<\/strong>\u00a0unless you\u2019ll truly consult the page very often.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Optimize your device choices and habits<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prefer\u00a0<strong>smaller devices<\/strong>\u00a0when feasible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Extend lifespan<\/strong>\u00a0(repair, update) or consider\u00a0<strong>second-hand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Own fewer devices<\/strong>; the global average hovers around six per internet user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bookmark\/favourite<\/strong>\u00a0recipes to avoid repetitive, click-heavy searches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Most importantly, keep it in perspective: the climate impact of looking up a recipe is&nbsp;<strong>tiny<\/strong>&nbsp;relative to the impact of the&nbsp;<strong>meal itself<\/strong>\u2014recipe consultation is typically&nbsp;<strong>&lt;0.1%<\/strong>&nbsp;of a meal\u2019s footprint. If you want the biggest climate gains, focus on&nbsp;<strong>what\u2019s on the plate<\/strong>: dishes with fewer animal proteins\u2014especially red meat\u2014can drastically cut impacts. A&nbsp;<strong>vegan dish<\/strong>often carries&nbsp;<strong>~4\u00d7 less<\/strong>&nbsp;impact than a red-meat dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Don\u2019t stress about cloud vs. search.\u00a0<strong>Your device choices\u2014and your ingredients\u2014drive the footprint.<\/strong>\u00a0Bookmark smartly, extend the life of your gadgets, and remember: the greenest recipe is usually the one with more plants at its heart.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog post is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/ohdio\/premiere\/emissions\/moteur-de-recherche\/segments\/rattrapage\/2172158\/comment-consulter-ses-recettes-pour-une-meilleure-empreinte-ecologique\">column presented on September 10, 2025<\/a> (french version) by Laure Patouillard, Research Associate at CIRAIG, in the program\u00a0<em>Moteur de recherche<\/em>\u00a0(Radio-Canada) hosted by Matthieu Dugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bibliography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>R. Istrate, V. Tulus, R. N. Grass, L. Vanbever, W. J. Stark, and G. Guill\u00e9n-Gos\u00e1lbez, \u201cThe environmental sustainability of digital content consumption,\u201d Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1\u201311, 2024, doi: 10.1038\/s41467-024-47621-w.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Association Green IT, \u201cImpacts environnementaux du num\u00e9rique dans le monde.\u201d 2025. [Online]. Available: https:\/\/greenit.eco\/nos-etudes-et-essais\/impacts-environnementaux-du-numerique-dans-le-monde-2025\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C. Elsworth et al., \u201cMeasuring the environmental impact of delivering AI at Google Scale,\u201d Aug. 21, 2025, arXiv: arXiv:2508.15734. doi: 10.48550\/arXiv.2508.15734.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P. 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