Go paperless!
- Sign up for electronic banking and billing
- Get rid of your junk mail
- Separate your paper waste and recycle it
- Read news and magazines online
- Use online work collaboration
- For Printing:
- Use both sides of the page
- Set minimal printer margins
- Single-space documents
- Use “shrink to fit” print option
· Paper waste makes for about 35 percent of the total material filling up landfills. The average American uses approximately one 100-foot-tall Douglas fir tree in paper and wood products per year. (12)
· U.S. paper producers consume 1 billion trees each year. Only 5% of virgin forests remain in the United States. (13)
· The United States houses 5% of the world’s population, yet consumes 35% of the world’s paper. (14)
· Recycled paper requires 43.69% less energy to produce than virgin wood paper, a savings of 4,920 kilowatt hours of electricity, and reducing greenhouse gases by 2087 pounds per year. (13)
· Strategic implementation of paper recycling in offices
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