It doesn’t sound like a logical argument, but you can save the environment by reducing your printing costs. A simple, cost-effective new printing strategy can slash your carbon footprint. Whether it’s a company calendar or a Council bin collection calendar, go digital!
What Environmental Savings Are Achieved With A Digital Calendar?
Published research found more than two pieces of paper are used by every person on Earth every hour. The awareness and consumer empowerment agency, The World Counts, estimates that the demand for paper will have doubled by 2030 (since 2005). Their current count of paper consumption shows Joe Citizen using the following amongst per example country:
- Japan - between 200 and 250 kgs annually
- The USA - between 200 and 250 kgs annually
- Europe - between 200 and 250 kgs annually
- India - up to 5kgs annually
- Some third-world countries - less than 1 kilo
These figures are more impactful if you consider that:
- Every kilogram of paper is produced by three kilograms of tree material
- If the whole world used 200 kilos annually, every tree would be consumed
- Ten litres of water is used in the production of 1 piece of A4 paper
- Between January and July of 2022, 13 million hectares of forest were cut or burned
And that’s why we believe confining paper consumption to only very necessary uses is important.
What Council Or Business Savings Are Achieved With A Digital Calendar?
If you add the cost of paper, finishing effects, cutting, folding/packing, distribution & logistics, printer power consumption and maintenance costs, toner and other consumables and parts replacement, you will soon add up a huge cost saving. In addition, the retired consumables also end up going into landfills!
If your organisation documented paper usage by teams, locations, equipment or individual employees, you could then target the high-impact wins. Digitising a bin collection calendar is one great example, and this is why Councils are racing to digitise this and so much more.
You can also target wasted printouts, discourage printing, devise waste-prevention policies and not print ‒ digitise! Another great behaviour influencer is to display the cost of printing to the users. What is unseen is often ignored, so visibility is key.
Become a cost-saving superhero and an environmental warrior in one step!
Reduce costs and save the environment in multiple ways with a digital bin collection calendar & more! Get in touch with us today!
