Tips are published each week in MBA
Lawyers e-Journal and twice a month in Massachsuetts Lawyers Weekly. For more tips or to join the Eco-Challenge, go to www.massbar.org/ecochallenge.
Paper reduction
The average U.S. office worker goes through 10,000 sheets of copy paper a year. Make it a habit to think before you print:
- Print on both sides and/or use the back side of old documents for faxes, scrap paper or drafts.
- Opt for communications by e-mail instead, and read any e-mail messages onscreen first to determine whether it’s necessary to print or if it can be stored on your computer instead.
- Reduce fax-related paper waste by using a fax-modem and by using a fax cover sheet only when necessary. Fax-modems allow documents to be sent directly from a computer, without requiring a printed hard copy.
- Make it a policy to post employee manuals and similar materials online, rather than distribute print copies.
Unsolicited mail, also known as “junk mail,” is rampant in the workplace and is a profit drain because of the time required to sort through it all. Eliminate junk mail by requesting to be removed from mailing lists of unwanted catalogs, newsletters and magazines.