When it comes to saving paper in your office, you can do small things that add up to significant changes. For instance, think twice about printing from your favourite web page, adjust your margins or font to make it fit on one page and reconsider sending corporate holiday cards. Although it is a nice thought, it has been estimated that 10,000 trees are cut down annually in China to make holiday cards.
Thinking both big and small, reducing paper consumption is one of the easiest green changes you can start making immediately.
Did You Know?
• A typical business office generates about 1.5 pounds or almost 0.7 kg of wastepaper per employee per day.
• 80% of paper from office printers is for draft purposes.
• Paper waste (commercial and residential) accounts for over 40% of waste sent to landfills.
• Every recycled tonne of paper saves approximately 17 trees.
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