Many companies are looking for a practical way to cut costs while helping the environment. In a tight economy, it is difficult to adopt green initiatives due to their expense. However, a green printing strategy will not only help the environment, but it will increase your profits as well.
What is a Green Printing Strategy?
A green printing strategy aims at reducing the carbon footprint of office printing. The two biggest areas impacted are paper usage and energy consumption. When these two areas are optimised, the environmental and economic impact can be huge.
Reduce Paper Usage
One case of paper uses approximately 60% of a tree and uses 5,690 pounds of greenhouse gases to produce. Furthermore, an average office employee consumes 2 cases of paper each year.
A simple strategy to reduce paper usage is to adjust the default settings on your printers and copiers. Automatic two-sided (duplexed) printing easily reduces paper usage by up to 50%. In addition to saving trees, this small adjustment also can save you up to $3,000 a year.
Consolidate Copier and Printer Devices
Copiers and printers use heat to fuse the toner to paper. In order to produce the heat necessary, large amounts of energy must be consumed. The average office copier consumes 285 KWh of electricity each month. A printer on average will also consume 49 KWh. This means a company with 10 copiers and 50 printers spends around $6,000 a year just to power these devices.
Many companies have realised that they can consolidate printer and copier devices with Energy Star certified multifunction systems. The smaller printer fleet requires less energy to operate, but it is still optimised to handle your document volumes. This can easily save $1,500 in electricity costs each year.
Creating a green print strategy is a great way to save our environment and save you money. Contact us today to learn more about how you could benefit.
