Reduce office waste and recycle paper! Seems obvious, doesn’t it? But, did you know that an astounding 70% of the waste in your office is produced by paper? Like everything there is always a solution that can take a dent out of your office consumption and impact the environment and your purchasing costs.

Here’s a bakers dozen for you:

1. Double sided – Use both sides of the paper
2. Ask yourself – Do I need to print this?
3. Print a single copy and pass it around?
4. collect scrap and use it as note paper
5. format documents and make sure they are ready for print
6. keep a recycle box near desk
7. have a paper recycle station
8. choose environmentally friendly paper
9. print in black and white
10. get an efficient printer
11. use recycled ink
12. turn it off when you aren’t using it
13. Send an email

Commercial waste is responsible for 70% of the garbage in Canada (and most countries have high figures). . Toronto consumers only produce 30% of the waste, yet they are targeted with programs that make them pay. In fact the commercial buildings and offices have fewer regulations and guidelines – it’s much more simple, they are simply asked to pay for the cost of removal. They could use a private company that doesn’t care what happens to it. Reducing paper consumption is a good start, any act of green helps.

So if you reduce paper consumption in the office, you will have a positive impact on the environment. Challenge your office to implement a paper reduction strategy. Spread the word and care for the world.

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