Paper Replacement
Case Study
Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablets: An environmentally-friendly, cost-effective paper replacement for schools
Q. How many sheets of paper could one age group of U.S. school children save using a Boogie Board tablet for 13 years (K-12)?
A. 10 Trillion!
Assumptions
- One Boogie Board tablet could potentially be used by one student from kindergarten thru high school (At 20 erasures/day, and with a maximum of 50K total erase cycles, the usable life = 13+ years)
- One age group equals approximately 4 million students (Source: 2006 U.S. Census)
- Paper savings based on annual consumption of four 5”x8” notepads per student. 50 sheets/pad.
Total Sheets Saved Calculation:
- 4 pads/year x 4 million students = 16 million pads/year
- 16 million pads/year x 13 years = 208,000,000 total pads
- 208 million pads x 50 sheets/pad = 10 trillion sheets
Paper Cost Calculation (one student, 13 years, USD):
- Cost per “Sheet” (Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablet): $40 (suggested retail) / 50,000 erasures = $0.0008
- Cost per Sheet (paper): $31 (52 pads x $0.58 each) / 2600 sheets (52 pads x $50 sheets each) = $0.012 (15x more than the Boogie Board tablet cost)
