Green Practices

How document-related decisions impact the environment:
Paper, Toner, and Power

• One case of paper (10 reams) uses approximately 60% of a tree.*
• Production of 50 lbs. (5,000 pages/1 case) of copy paper produces 143 lbs. of green house gases.*
• Three quarts of oil are consumed in the production of a single new toner cartridge and they take over 1,000 years to decompose.**
• Millions of square feet of landfill space is consumed with used toner cartridges, paper, and printers that could be recycled.**
• Energy use is related to both the age of a device as well as how many devices are in use.  Newer devices are developed to be more environmentally friendly.

How to make document-related decisions that reduce your carbon footprint:
Paper, Toner, and Power

• Use post consumer recycled paper.
• Reduce the amount of paper and toner by converting to paperless workflows and rules-based printing.
• Use alternative inks that have a smaller environmental impact.
• Reduce materials inventory and the associated waste.
• Recycle paper and printers.
• Use remanufactured toner cartridges to save power through less manufacturing.*
• Optimize the use of a multifunction printer, which uses approximately 50% less energy than the combined annual consumption of the individual products it replaces.

* printgreen.com
** State of California