Create a 'Paper-Less' campaign
Posted: 13.02.09 | Created by: Do Something
Is your office a forest of filing cabinets? Do important documents go missing in action? Then it's time to become a 'Paper-Less' business.
It’s “E-asy” - economical, environmental, and efficient
Start a paper reduction campaign in your business and:
- save time and money by using resources more efficiently
- help save the environment
- motivate your employees to become part of the change.
Sound like a plan? Here are some tips to get you on your way:
1. Get approval and support for your campaign
- from the powers that be and your colleagues
2. Plan your campaign
- develop an office printing policy
- ask for volunteers or set up a working group. Involve people from all levels of the company
- establish a baseline for measuring the success of your campaign - conduct a waste assessment
- get ideas from our top 10 'Paper-Less' office tips and decide which tips you want to implement.
3. Launch your campaign
4. Monitor your progress
- evaluate your results. How much paper did you cut back on?
- celebrate your success
- keep up waste reduction efforts - send regular reminders to staff.
Read our tools to launch your 'Paper-Less' office campaign.
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