Printer Paper vs. Copy Paper

• Discourage the use of printing e-mails. Encourage staff to reduce paper by only printing e-mails if absolutely necessary
• Suggest that staff print smaller fonts, double-sided and on your lower quality copy paper for internal documents. Save the expensive copy paper with larger fonts and blank backs for external presentations or correspondence.
• Use fax post-it notes for cover sheets instead of a full piece of copy paper as a cover page. Or, implement electronic faxing from your desktop to save on paper faxes altogether
• Encourage staff to proof read their documents in the “Print Preview” option before printing a hard copy of the document to save paper waste from printing errors
• Show staff members the proper way to use the photocopier. Many staffers would print double-sided, have fewer paper jams and reduce their paper waste if they knew all the features and functions of your photocopier
• Place recycling bins near copiers and encourage staff to use wasted photocopy paper again for scrap paper before sending them out to be recycled.