Using flipcharts consumes
a lot of paper
Use overheads and whiteboards as
alternatives to flipcharts
in meetings
Suggested Location:
hallway
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Don't order manuals that you won't
use on a regular basis
Consult your colleagues or
go to the library
Imagine the savings
Suggested Location:
hallway
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Here's a 'clear cut' solution -
Use recycled paper
Suggested Location:
hallway
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Cut paper..not trees
- reuse cardboard boxes
- print on demand
- eliminate fax cover sheets
Suggested Location:
elevator, washroom
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Need extra ca$h?
Start your own newspaper route
Circulate your papers
and magazines
Suggested Location:
hallway
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Start a newspaper and magazine
buddy system
Share with a friend and reduce
paper waste
Suggested Location:
hallway
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We still have 50% recyclable
paper in government office garbage
Trim the waste and help save
hundreds of thousands of dollars
by recycling all your paper
Suggested Location:
garbage, hallway, elevator
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Is that cardboard box
still in good shape?
Reuse it for shipping, storage,
moving, etc.
Help get cardboard out of our
waste stream
Suggested Location:
mailing center
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Frequent flyers envelopes
Extend the mileage... just re-label
an envelope
Suggested Location:
mailing center, hallway
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Join the wrap pack
Save wrapping materials and boxes
for future packaging
Suggested Location:
mailing center
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Sending a package?
Envelopes are easy to reuse
Re-label an old one
Suggested Location:
mailing center
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One towel will do
Do you really need two?
Suggested Location:
washroom
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On average 10% of office waste is
paper towels
Won't one towel do to dry your
hands or clean spills?
Suggested Location:
washroom, eating area
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art-of-fax: v/ the act of reducing
paper use by eliminating fax cover
sheets (e.g. - using sticky note
identification)
Suggested Location:
fax machine, printer
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Don't confuse me with the fax
Using e-mail saves paper
at both ends and
shortens the transmission time
Suggested Location:
fax machine, printer
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Get your fax straight
No printing, no photocopying,
no paper jams
Use your modem
Suggested Location:
fax machine, printer
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Do you know your way around the copies?
- say no!
- e-mail
- circulate
- double side
It saves you time and money
Suggested Location:
photocopier, printer
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Work magic at the photocopier --
Two in, one out - Presto!
Put two letter size onto one legal
Suggested Location:
photocopier
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Q. Where do you go in single and
come out doubled?
A. The photocopier.
Choose to copy double sided
Suggested Location:
photocopier
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Special
Two for the price of one
Reduce two 8.5 x 11
sheets to one
It reads like a standard newspaper
and saves 50% of the paper
Suggested Location:
photocopier
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Don't be a dinosaur!
Use the double-sided feature
Suggested Location:
photocopier
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Reduce paper by up to 50%
Always choose the double-sided
feature when copying reports
Suggested Location:
photocopier
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Go double-sided
when ordering print jobs
Save money and
reduce paper use up to 50%
Suggested Location:
print shop, hallway
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Double your money
Use double-sided printing
Suggested Location:
printer, print shop
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There are always two sides
to a story
Create double sided -
Demand double sided
Saves both the
environment and the budget
Suggested Location:
printer, print shop
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Avoid left-overs when printing
material for meetings
Print 'just enough' not 'just in case'
Suggested Location:
printer, photocopier, hallway
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Trim your appetite --
Go lean on paper
ONLY make the copies you need
Suggested Location:
printer, photocopier
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Print, edit,
print, edit,
print, edit,
STOP!
Edit on-screen and save paper.
Suggested Location:
printer, elevator, washroom
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Get to the point
Reduce font size and line spacing
It reads faster and uses less paper
Suggested Location:
printer
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Do it for the kids
- recycle ALL your paper
- photocopy double-sided
- use e-mail
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, elevator, washroom
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Don't Recycle!
Until you have used both sides
The other side costs as much as the first
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, elevator, washroom
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Don't Recycle!
Eliminate paper use
whenever you can
Each box of paper retails for $50
and destroys two trees
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, elevator, washroom
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A piece of paper goes a long way
Maximize its use
- use both sides
- reuse for note pads
- recycle after use
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, elevator
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Continuous feed computer paper
can be used on both sides too --
Just leave the feedstrips
attached to the paper so
that it can be used again
Saving paper saves money
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, hallway
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Recycling is not a licence to waste
Change waste habits: Reduce,
Reuse, then Recycle.
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, hallway
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Tired of junk mail?
You make yourself a target
for junk mail by entering your
name in contests
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, hallway
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There are two sides to every sheet
- use both
It saves trees - It saves money
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, hallway
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It takes one 15-year old tree to
produce half a box of paper
Use both sides of all paper
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, hallway
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New Age Proverb:
The amount you recycle is a
measure of how much you have
failed to reduce
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, hallway
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Recycling is not a licence to print
paper and produce waste
Think twice before you print
no need to recycle
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, printer
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Save a tree, turn over a new leaf
One side used (OSU) paper -
Ideal for note pads,
drafts and memos
Suggested Location:
paper recycling bin, printer
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