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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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Austri

a

Belar

us

Belgiu

m

Bulga

ria

Croat

ia

Czech

Rep

Denm

ark

Eston

ia

Finlan

d

Franc

e

Ger

man

y

Gre

ece

Hunga

ry

Irelan

dIta

ly

Latv

ia

Lith

uani

a

Luxe

mbo

urg

Mal

ta

Nethe

rland

s

Norway

Polan

d

Portu

gal

Roman

ia

Russia

n Fed

erat

ion

Serbi

a an

d M

onte

negr

o

Slova

kia

Slove

nia

Spain

Sweden

Switzer

land

Ukrai

ne

Unite

d Kin

gdom

country

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ms

/ p

ers

on

/ y

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r

Sources: RISI, VDP and Federal Statistical Office

REDUCING PAPER CONSUMPTION SAVES:

AND IT IS CONVENIENT.

DISCUSSION

For which purposes are you using paper in your office?

• Correspondence and inner communication

• Administration• Advertising• Educational materials• Archiving• …

• Do you think it is possible to reduce the paper consumption in your company?

• How?

DISCUSSION

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

• print more sides on one page

• print on recycled paper

• reuse printed documents

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

To Save Paper And Protect Forests

This presentation was created thanks to the financial support of the European Commision. Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth Czech Republic is entirely responsible for its content, which can not be considered as an opinion of the European Commision.