Your yearly data use creates 22 tonnes of CO2 emissions – scientists

An average person creates 22 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the data they generate through photos and videos, texts and emails each year - equivalent to flying from London to New York 26 times, according to scientists. — Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire/dpa

LONDON: An average person creates 22 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the data they generate through photos and videos, texts and emails each year – equivalent to flying from London to New York 26 times, according to scientists.

Across the UK population, photos taken on smartphones alone create 805,083 tonnes of C02 a year, which has a similar carbon footprint to flying from London to New York 934,109 times, researchers said.