Why is printing green so important?
Although the dream of a paperless office has inspired professionals for many years, in reality the average volume of office printing has grown steadily over the years. It is estimated that 2.2 -2.8 trillion pages are printed in offices around the world each year, and this staggering number is growing annually by as much as 20% in some countries.
Many analysts consider office printing to be the world’s second largest polluter after transport. Pollution produced by printing can be attributed to several elements: Paper production, paper consumption, and toner consumption.
Printed documents are still the most common form of communication and will probably remain as such for many years. However, many steps can be taken to reduce the environmental stress printing is imposing on our environment, your first step is PretonSaver™.
PretonSaver™ is a cost-effective product that contributes to significant reduction of environmental stress. By using PretonSaver™, companies can reduce their paper consumption by up to 20% and toner consumption by up to 50%. Learn more on how PretonSaver™ can save toner, ink, and save paper.
For example:
A company with 100 employees printing 40 pages per employee per day:
Environmental benefit:
| Normal consumption* | With PretonSaver* | Savings* | |
| Annual paper consumption | 1,000,000 pages | 800,000 pages | 200,000 pages (equals 20 trees) |
| Toner consumption | 100 cartridges | 60 cartridges | 40 cartridges |
| CO2 emission | 1056 lbs | 633 lbs | 422 lbs (equals to a medium car driving 995 miles) |
| Oil consumption | 52 gallons | 31 gallons | 21 gallons |
Financial benefits:
| Financial savings** | |
| Paper Savings | $2,000 |
| Toner Savings | $18,000 |
| CO2 emission | Priceless |
| Oil consumption | Priceless |
| Total annual savings | $20,000 |
* Assuming: 240 work days per year, departmental printer and cartridges yielding 10,000 pages at 5% coverage. Estimating a 20% savings on paper and a 40% savings on toner and ink; actual savings may vary.
** Based on average paper and toner prices from staples and office depot websites for HP 4200 printer series; savings might be higher with other models. Assuming 8,000 -10,000 sheets are produced from a single tree.
*** NO END FOR PAPERWORK, Originally written for World Resources, http://earthtrends.wri.org/features/view_feature.php?theme=6&fid=19
