Office Paper Education

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Office Paper Education

• Mary Wenck and Colleen Hetzel

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What is happening with office paper?

• Targeted grants
• Office paper kit

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Why office paper?

• Even with the rumor of paperless offices, we
  continue to use more paper
• Even with recycling, 4 out of 10 pieces of paper
  end up in the landfill
• Paper production creates a lot of waste
• Combined efforts with SWMCB

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More information on grantees

• Redwood County
• Federated Rural Electric Association
• Wilderness Inquiry
• Target Corporation
• EcoEnvelopes, Inc

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Office paper education kit

• Video
• Posters
• Emails
• Case studies
• Informational letter
• Reduce.org
• Small media push

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Examples of emails

• Animated double-sided copying

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Example 2 email

• Three Es flash version- duplex

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Example 3 email

• Animated dont print emails

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Example 4 Emails

• Three Es dont print emails

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Posters
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Poster- Dont print emails
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What will we do with the kits?

• Use case studies from grants to promote office
  paper reduction- get small media placements out
  that will promote kit
• Ask local units of government to let their
  businesses know about the kit- put blurbs in
  newsletters
• Partner with organizations that help businesses
  out regularly- RETAP, MnTAP, Waste Wise

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When will the kits be available?

• Kits should be available by end of July, early
  August
• When the kits are available a message will go out
  on the CISRR email list

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For more information

• Mary Wenck- 320-255-6159
• mary.wenck_at_state.mn.us
• Colleen Hetzel- 1-800-657-3843
• colleen.hetzel_at_state.mn.us