Each year, Australians use 1.7 million tonnes of printing and writing paper – the equivalent of tens of millions of trees.[+]
A large hidden cost that most businesses take for granted is the time it takes to work with paper files. Here are five excellent reasons to manage your documents electronically.[+]
The growth in printing and paper use began when Gutenberg invented the printing press in the fifteenth century. When one of Gutenberg’s bibles was printed on sheep skin parchment, it took 300 sheep to make one bible.[+]
Paper production and use in Australia consumes millions of trees and kilolitres of water. It also dramatically increases landfill and greenhouse emissions... [+]
Paper was invented thousands of years ago. It’s an outdated technology for many of today’s business processes. Paper costs businesses time and money and it damages the planet. Yet we still use incredible quantities every year...[+]
Not only does paper use damage the natural environment, it also hurts your business bottom line and causes inefficiencies.[+]
Australia Post handled 5.6 billion mail items in 2008. 15% was direct mail advertising. Much of this would have been cheaper and more effective to send by email – or not at all. [+]
Using recycled paper around the office is a good start, but we need to recycle a lot more of the office paper that we use. Turning office paper into cardboard and paper helps to save trees, water, electricity and oil. It also reduces landfill and reduces greenhouse emissions. [+]
To significantly reduce business costs, wasted time and inefficiencies, every one of us has to reduce the amount of paper we buy and use – and go electronic. In addition to saving money, you'll save the environment too. [+]
When it comes to the costs of printing, filing and physically storing data over the long periods required by legislation, electronic document management systems are a far better alternative to paper.[+]
FSC certification is internationally recognised as the most rigorous environmental and social standard for responsible forest management.[+]
Chlorine bleaching can be used to give paper its stark white colour. It can also have a negative effect on the environment. Do your business documents use paper that’s been chlorine bleached? If so, switch to paper that’s been oxygen bleached or not bleached at all.[+]
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