What are the Ways to Measure the Success of Office Paper Reduction?
Paper is the number one item used and wasted in offices. Making before and after comparisons is at the heart of learning how many resources and how much money you are saving. Why Measure? Measuring success provides you with information to help promote your program and find ways to improve it. Top management, shareholders, employees, and customers will learn how your organization is eliminating waste, saving money, and helping the environment. Activities to Measure: What you measure depends on the paper saving and recycling activities your organization uses. The most common activities are: Reducing images printed or photocopied by use of routing slips, e-mail, electronic faxing, viewing online, current and shorter mailing lists, and reducing print overruns.