- Try to use both sides of a sheet of paper for printing, copying, writing and drawing.
- Reuse paper that's already printed on one side by manually feeding it into copiers and printers. Use it for internal documents like drafts and short-lived items such as meeting agendas or temporary signs.
- Once-used paper can also be reused in plain paper fax machines — they only need one clean side.
- Use less paperE-mail can be used to share documents and ideas. Be sure to only print the e-mails you need to have a hard copy of. This advice goes for Internet documents as well. Instead of printing a Web page, bookmark it or save the page on your hard drive and pull it up when needed.
- Desktop fax, electronic references (CD-ROM databases), electronic data storage, electronic purchasing and direct deposit are all ways to use electronic media that reduce office paper waste.
- Help minimize misprints by posting a diagram on how to load special paper like letterhead so it will be printed correctly.
- Practice efficient copying — use the size reduction feature offered on many copiers. Two pages of a book or periodical can often be copied onto one standard sheet.
- Use two-way or send-and-return envelopes. Your outgoing envelope gets reused for its return trip.
- Use reusable inter- and intra-office envelopes.
- Reuse old paper for notepads. It can be cut to custom sizes and simply bound with a staple.
- Draft documents can be reviewed, edited and shared on-screen.
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