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 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 s is very common.HTML 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 litres of wastewater 3 tons of greenhouse gases (CO2 equiv.) Count how much your firm can save.your firm can save For details see:

ADMINISTRATION Bank invoices, mobile operators bills. Account statements. Office forms. Internet banking, payment gates.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 tips Before 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 rs/paper-recycling.htmhttp://volunteerguide.org/volunteer/fewhou rs/paper-recycling.htm

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.