Looking for some "Go Green" baby steps?

• According to Forrester Research, a copier, two printers, and a fax machine use a combined 1400 kWh per year. A multi-function device performing equivalent tasks uses only 700 kWh per year. That's half the energy and one-fourth the owner's manuals!



• A case of copy paper (5000 sheets) costs an average of $40. Conservatree estimates that same case of paper to use approximately 60% of a tree. What does that mean in terms an office manager can relate to? A filing cabinet holds approximately 10,000 sheets of paper. That paper costs the company about $80 and the environment 1.2 trees (and that's just the paper, not the folders). Ten filing cabinets will cost $800 and twelve trees.
  
  Consider the size of that cost for a moment. Now consider the cost of 500 MB worth of storage (that's less that one CD) that will hold an entire filing cabinet of information in a paperless environment. Those ten filing cabinets comprise about 5000 MB of storage - the size of one DVD plus half of a CD.



• Using recycled paper and shredding with a company that uses a paper mill for recycling provide a two-fold boost for the trees. Paper containing 30% post-consumer content saves almost 2% of a tree per ream or 18% per case. Paper with 50% post-consumer content saves 3% per ream or 30% per case.