For those of you who know me well, you can picture my desk. For those of you who don’t, I’m a piler people. My paper situation is a heap of organized chaos with a dash of crazy. I live in a very paper heavy world. Drawings, brochures, faxes, proposals, invoices, revisions and it goes on and on and on. It’s not an ideal situation, or a very green one for that matter.
I’ve always been intrigued by the notion of companies going paperless, albeit a little skeptical. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a fantastic idea. I’m just trying to grasp concept versus reality – at least in my world. But do you know the average office employee uses approximately 10000 sheets of paper per year? I saw a figure that equaled out to around $3600 per person per year for the life cycle costs. That’s a lot of money!
Even if a company can’t go “paperless” there are still many ways to decrease actual paper consumption. Get some good ideas from Waukesha County Wisconsin – they have had great success during their paper reduction initiative. See some of their tips and tools:
So, in the spirit of a new year – resolutions and all. I’m testing a couple ways I can implement more digital files and less paper usage. I think it’s mostly going to be a discipline thing on my part, habits are hard to break you know!
Peace + Love + Furniture (and paper)
Courtnay
