Why Use Less Paper?
Using less paper can make the world a fairer place. By using more than six times the world average, most Europeans and North Americans are using far more than our fair share of the Earth’s resources. Think how much better the world would be if current levels of paper production were used to make books for schools in poor nations instead of wasted office printouts and junk mail. Irresponsible paper production causes a wide range of harmful environmental impacts, so by using less of it you can reduce your pressure on forests, cut energy use and climate change emissions, limit water, air and other pollution and produce less waste. There are also negative social impacts and human rights abuses linked to paper production, particularly in southern countries. Reducing demand for paper will help to address these too. Using less paper can also save you money. The indirect savings can be 10 times the cost of the paper alone. These include reducing the costs of technology like photocopy toner and
