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Smart Paper Use
Adapted from The Smart Office, by A.K.Townsend.
Whatever happened to the paperless office? That’s a good question. With the wonder of today’s technology, we have the capacity to contain whole filing cabinets of information on just one CD-ROM.
Look at what the following can hold:
1. One floppy disk: 750 sheets, about a five-inch stack of typed pages;
2. 100Mb hard disk: contents of a four-drawer filing cabinet, and
3. CD-ROM: entire roomful of paper.
Saving paper can mean fewer file cabinets, which can reduce your office space needs dramatically. It’s estimated to cost over $2,000 each year to maintain a filing cabinet and about $25,000 to fill it. These costs include the labor and paper costs. One estimate even states that about 3 percent of your filing cabinet documents will become misplaced, and it will cost about $120 in labor to find each one. On the other hand, storing files on disk or CD-ROM is much less expensive in human time and in storage space.
While relying less on paper has many advantages, be aware of possible disadvantages:
* Your office may use more energy if computers, faxes, or other equipment are left on longer with higher demand.
* Increased health risks can arise due to eye strain, low-frequency radiation, carpal tunnel syndrome, nonergonomic workstations, etc.
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add your comment »My husband and I have started an online business providing pens and pencils made from recycled paper and plastic to offices, schools and homes.
On another note, I refused to do unnecessary and illegal (breaching copyright laws) photocopying for a speech therapist I was working for. She also insisted on having all the lights turned in broad daylight because she didn't like walking into a dark building. I, on the other hand, went around turning off the lights, air-conditioning and putting the photocopier on energy saver. I was told she was going to get another assistant,probably younger and more compliant.
The amount of paper and energy waste is phenomenal and so easily avoided. If interested, you can download and read an article I wrote about this in a children's magazine:
http://www.getaheadkids.com.au/issues/2009/5/GAK5.html
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Great comments and viewpoint, if the no worked it would help !
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great idea.
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i would definetly try that paper
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I use a digital camera and all my pictures are stored on my computer and my back up hard drive and online at several places. I only print the pictures that I absolutly have to.
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i tried to call the phone number in this article, and received a recorded message that the number is not in service. I would certainly order this paper if i can find it! i will try a google search.
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all great ideas and comments. we can allfind ways to reuse decrease paper usage. but we have to take it a step further and replant trees that provide so much more than paper.it takes ss long time for just 1 tree to mature. I don't remember how long. we do need to seriously replenish the forest land
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I do not have a printer for my pc. I only get prints of photos that I actually want after looking at the CD. The magazines I get I share with others with like interests.
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Why not use cardboard to make furniture with?! And you can even use newspaper or other used paper as paper mache to make shelves or even sculptures look nice! I've been looking it up online, since we just moved and don't have hardly any furniture yet. I'm trying to make my life as green as possible. Even thinking about making rugs out of plastic shopping bags! I re-use paper already for notes and other scratch paper. I don't like to throw anything away, if I know someone can make use out of it.
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I don't leave home with out my flash drive, anything I need from my PC is saved on there, and then I can view it ANYWHERE I need it. Not to mention, its so much more organized and easy to use then just having a bunch of printed papers in a binder and such. At work, we us both sides of our paper, even if it is just for notes and scrap paper. I have also gone completely digital with my photos and only print the ones I am framing or giving to family! I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE RIGHT TRACK! KEEP IT UP EVERY ONE!!! WOOOHOOOO!!
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