WWF launches PDF-like file format that can’t be printed

Here’s an idea that’s either genius or dumb: the campaigners at WWF have created a new PDF-like file format which has one crucial difference – you can’t print it out. The three-letter file extension is, of course, .wwf. The first part of the rationale is straightforward. Around the world we use 1 million tonnes of paper every day, says WWF, adding: Expanding production and pulp wood harvesting threatens some of the last remaining natural forests and the people and wildlife that depend on them. The world´s paper hunger also significantly contributes to climate change. So using less would be good, they say. You need to install free software to create wwf documents, but most PDF readers will open them. The idea was dreamed up by WWF in Germany and released in December. Predictably, the print industry is not remotely pleased.

via WWF launches PDF-like file format that can’t be printed | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.co.uk.

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