Reduce Your Paper Footprint

How to Cut Both Paper Consumption and Waste

© Shirley Siluk Gregory

Mounds of paperwork on a desk., Aaron Logan

Tips for reducing the amount of paper you buy and the amount you throw away.

Despite all the paper-free technology we enjoy today -- email, PDF files, digital photos -- ours is still anything but a paperless society. In fact, worldwide paper consumption per person has remained steady in recent years; while it's dropped a bit in the wealthiest countries, the average well-off person still uses about 502 pounds of paper a year.

It doesn't have to be that way, though. By changing a few old habits and finding creative new uses for paper waste (beyond the obvious: recycling), you can dramatically reduce the amount of paper products you buy and, eventually, throw away.

Here's how:


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Mounds of paperwork on a desk., Aaron Logan
       


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