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Offices and Companies
GRUNDTVIG-Partnership „To Save Paper And Protect Forests“ 2011
Created by Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth CZ
CONSUMPTION OF PAPER PER CAPITA IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Paper and paperboard consumption per capita in European countries (2009)
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100
150
200
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450
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Belar
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Belgiu
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Bulga
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Eston
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Finlan
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Franc
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man
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Hunga
ry
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Latv
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Lith
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Luxe
mbo
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Mal
ta
Nethe
rland
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Norway
Polan
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Portu
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Roman
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Slova
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Slove
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Spain
Sweden
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Sources: RISI, VDP and Federal Statistical Office
• Correspondence and inner communication
• Administration• Advertising• Educational materials• Archiving• …
CORRESPONDENCE AND INNER COMMUNICATION
Nowadays, it is not necessary to send paper letters, invitations, confirmations etc.
Nearly everything can be converted to the electronic form.
In many organizations, sending HTML emails is very common.
IS YOUR ORGANIZATION DOING IT ALSO BY THIS WAY?
DID YOU KNOW...
Thanks to the transition from paper to the electronic communication with its donors,
NGO Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth CZE saved approximately 158 kg of
paper in 6 months?
Try to estimate the environmental impact of one ton of unrecycled copy paper (how much wood, wastewater etc.).
DISCUSSION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ONE TON OF UNRECYCLED COPY PAPER:
4 tons wood use
92 712 litres of wastewater
3 tons of greenhouse gases
(CO2 equiv.)
Count how much your firm can save.For details see: www.papercalculator.org
ADMINISTRATION
Bank invoices, mobile operators bills. Account statements. Office forms. Internet banking, payment gates. In most of the firms and bureaus,
nearly all of that is in electronic form. Many forms can be filled on-line.
Did you know...
Thanks to the using on-line forms, Bank of America saved 10 million dolars only on
paper?
Beside that, they saved money on postage and storage of the paper forms.
And what could you save in administration of your firm?
Archiving and Digitisation
• Archiving documents in a common way takes a big part in the consumption of the paper.
• Todays technology allows to replace it with digitisation.
• Digitisation offers:- quick search - safe storage- having information allways in touch
Did you know...
Transition to digitized form of document saves your firm up to 40% of spendings on
archiving?
Everyday tipsBefore printing a document think properly
whether you really need to have it printed.In case it is necessary to print some
document, you should prefer:
• use smaller margins
• use smaller font
• use smaller line spacing
• print duplex
Inspiration
• http://www.ecoofficesupplies.com.au/
• http://www.shrinkpaper.org
• http://www.paperonline.org
• http://volunteerguide.org/volunteer/fewhours/paper-recycling.htm
• http://www.greendiary.com/
• http://www.savepaper.com.au