Studies estimate that the average commercial employee prints around 10,000 pages per year. Of that print volume, 17% or more is pure waste. That is 1,700 sheets of paper per year that are needlessly printed, resulting in dramatic financial and environmental impact.
Speaking of environmental impact; did you know that:
- It takes 3 tons of wood to produce 1 ton of copy paper
- It takes one 15-year old tree to produce HALF a box of office paper?
- Nearly 80% of the world’s original old growth forests have been logged or severely degraded
- 4281 acres of rainforest are lost every hour worldwide
- 40% of the world’s industrial logging goes into making paper (expected to reach 50% in the near future)
- Worldwide, the pulp and paper industry is the 5th largest industrial consumer of energy.
- Production of 1 ton of copy paper uses 11,134 kWh (same amount of energy used by an average household in 10 months)
- A single mature tree can release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings. Continue reading ‘Printing facts and print managers’ effects’





































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