5. 1975
“Vincent E. Giuliano of Arthur
D. Little, Inc., figures that the
use of paper in business for
records and correspondence
should be declining by 1980,
‘and by 1990, most
record-handling will be
electronic.’”
Friday, October 22, 2010
7. Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcfarlandmo/3274597033/
Friday, October 22, 2010
8. Organizations
continue to print,
copy and fax more
than a trillion pages
of office paper each
year (Infotrends)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcfarlandmo/3274597033/
Friday, October 22, 2010
9. Organizations use
paper printouts to
archive 62% of
important documents
(CNN, 3-18-2010)
Friday, October 22, 2010
10. 12 billion pages will be
generated via printing from
mobile devices (The
Independent, 10-20-2010)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomsun/3859690596/
Friday, October 22, 2010
11. Printable web content will
increase 3X by 2012
(The Independent,
10-20-2010)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomsun/3859690596/
Friday, October 22, 2010
13. Americans discard 4 million tons of office paper
every year - enough to build a 12-foot high wall of
paper from New York to California (American
Forest & Paper Association, 2004)
Friday, October 22, 2010
14. Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/iguerra/3217987878/
Friday, October 22, 2010
15. New York's largest export out of the Port of NY is
waste paper (What About Waste, Cornell Waste
Management Institute, 1990)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/iguerra/3217987878/
Friday, October 22, 2010
16. Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/2676866737/
Friday, October 22, 2010
17. It takes 75,000 trees to print a Sunday Edition of the
New York Times (North Carolina Office of Waste
Reduction and Recycling)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/2676866737/
Friday, October 22, 2010
18. Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvy/473633006/
Friday, October 22, 2010
19. The average daily web user prints 28 pages daily
(Gartner Group and HP)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/alvy/473633006/
Friday, October 22, 2010
20. Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodomut/3666794781/
Friday, October 22, 2010
21. 115 billion sheets of
paper are used annually
for personal computers
(Worldwatch Institute)
Photo source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodomut/3666794781/
Friday, October 22, 2010
22. What can you do about it?
Friday, October 22, 2010
23. Understand that the core issue is no longer copying,
it's printing.
Friday, October 22, 2010
24. “The Future of the Office Document,” InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, January 2005.
Friday, October 22, 2010
25. Admit that "nice thoughts" alone are not a
sustainable business strategy.
This is not how to sell paperless to your
organization in tight times.
Friday, October 22, 2010
26. The key question -- What are the
business benefits of driving paper out
of your organization?
Friday, October 22, 2010
35. Digital image copies of information converted from
paper (and microfilm) are the legal equivalent
of their paper counterparts and may be
considered as admissible in evidence as the original
paper record in any legal or administrative
proceeding...
(The Legality of Digital Image Copies of Paper
Records, Cohasset Associates)
Friday, October 22, 2010
37. Even with an
electronic copy we can't
destroy the paper
original.
Friday, October 22, 2010
38. Digital image copies, like all other types of copies,
are acceptable in any legal or administrative
proceeding regardless of whether the original
is in existence or not ...
(The Legality of Digital Image Copies of Paper
Records, Cohasset Associates)
Friday, October 22, 2010
39. The goal isn't Paper-Less. It's Less-Paper.
Friday, October 22, 2010
50. 4 Keep all your contracts,
marketing materials and any
other document requiring
review and refinement in a
single electronic place.
Friday, October 22, 2010
54. Sign up for e-bill
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delivery or online
billing from your
suppliers rather than
paper statements, and
pay your bills
electronically.
Friday, October 22, 2010
