Reducing paper use' Reusing

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Reducing paper use.Reusing recycling paper.
York Green Business Club,18 July 2005.

• Kristina Peat
• City of York Council, Sustainability Officer.

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Paper, Paper everywhere.

• Every organisation uses it to a greater of lesser
  extent.
• All organisations have to purchase it.
• All have to dispose of it.
• Most handle paper with confidential information.

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How much?

• CYC team of 11 people
• About 4,600 sheets (9.2 reams) of paper per
  person per year thats 2.5 boxes!

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Good practice

• Envirowise good practice benchmarks is 7 reams of
  paper per person per year
• Envirowise GG256 Green Officiency running a
  cost effective environmentally aware office.

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Reduce!

• Reduce numbers of printers available
• Think before you print reminders at the bottom
  of emails
• Review working practices to ensure only essential
  paper is stored

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Reuse!

• Print on scrap paper
• Reuse as note books, message pads

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Recycle!

• Recycling is the end of the road for paper
• If a piece of paper hasnt been used on both
  sides and all over, it hasnt been used
  efficiently

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Dont forget the other paper!

• Envelopes can be easily and neatly reused with
  the use of simple stickers.

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Confidential paper

• Confidential in terms of the Data Protection Act
• Commercially sensitive information.
• Financially sensitive
• Will cost more to shred
• and dispose of.

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Data Protection Act

• The Data Protection Act contains eight Data
  Protection Principles one of them being that
  personal data must be Kept secure
• This means disposal as well.

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Complete the circle

• Purchase paper made from 100 post consumer
  waste.
• Purchase FSC paper.

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Conclusion

• Brief audit of the paper and paper products used.
• Complete the circle buy recycled
• Find out how much paper contains confidential
  information (so must be shredded and recycled)?
  Reduce this where possible?
• Reuse scrap paper for anything and everything
• Take staff with you.
• Reduce the opportunities for printing.
• Make recycling easy and convenient with
  appropriately placed bins.

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Contact/further information

• Envirowise website http//www.envirowise.gov.uk/
• Kristina Peat 01904 551666
• kristina.peat_at_york.gov.uk