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Instead of throwing away old drafts or mailings or any piece of paper that has a blank flipside, use them for a number of things:
For a typical 8.5 x 11 piece of paper, create a pile for the pages that still have a blank side, then when you're printing something that's not that important, or clearly a draft, use the used stuff. This saves me ton. Several reams a year I'd say. After a while you realize you didn't print out that many things that you needed to keep long term...
Save the cardboard box that came with your file folders or the like as a perfect deposit for your one sided scrap paper.
For other types of paper sizes, create a stack and after you have a good amount, you can use a large paper trimmer to turn them in to post it size note pads. Doodle, do math, write reminders etc, on paper you were going to throw away later anyway.
As a result of this solution, you would be amazed at how long it takes to run through paper...and you likely save a tree every couple years worth of paper, depending on how much you print. If you work at a large company, and you implement this practice, you could save 100 trees worth of printing paper a year.
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jediwright says:
Yes, definitely have to be mindful of your double-sided printing's destinations. Great for your own reference, even in use for printable content w/friends and family.
New clients (if they're not on this wave-length already), VC-pitching and the like...not so good.
And of course, any customer or personal related data should be properly secured, i.e. shredded and then recycled instead.
posted 03/12/08 at 01:45 AM
greenprofit says:
Be careful with this one. Yesterday I brought "reused" paper to a client meeting - it was their document I'd reused. Potential oops moment. When they challenged me I said, "Well you know what Faulkner said... kill your darlings."
posted 02/28/08 at 06:40 PM