I am careful to print double sided, or avoid printing if I can read on the screen, because pretty much everyone should have the message by now that you shouldn't waste paper. When I print though, I defaulted my settings to put a staple in my prints that are more than a page (Lazy, i know). Most of the time i could do without that staple, with just a reusable paperclip, or not stapling at all! I guess staples are so small and common, it's easy not to think about where they come from or how many we would use.
I googled how much elephants weigh, and it seems it's an average of 7 tonnes... so if every officer worker saved one staple a year, that would be the weight of12.6 (or 12 and a baby) elephants worth of steel saved each year! WOW!
I can assure you that with my new found knowledge I have updated my printing settings and got those old paperclips out of my office drawer!
Wow! Amazing stats! Will make me think twice as well
ReplyDeleteIsn't it! Took some convincing for me to believe it! I think in UK its like 110 tonnes of steel, so its a crazy when you start to think in terms of global wastage - particularly when you think of all the effort that goes into making steel, and in turn, staples, and the transport of it and then I think of all the times I have printed something and immediately removed the staple to sign and scan it back in and I feel terrible!
ReplyDeleteLeast it's an easy change to make!