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Office Paper Recycling-Do Your Part



ecycling paper waste and other paper products is one of the least complicated ways to help mother earth. Now with the numerous waste materials building up in landfills, it is surely a break to be able to contribute to lessening the piles and piles of trash. An astounding 77% of the high quality papers used in the offices are recyclable and an average employee in the office can produce more than a pound and a half of paper waste in a day.  Imagine how much paper waste is produced in a month or even a year.  Here are a few tips on how you can recycle office paper in your work environment and look into the benefits of recycling.


Set awareness in the office by encouraging employees to set aside and collect their bad prints, misprints, extra copies and other waste documents so that these may be reused and made into one- sided paper pads.  Instead of immediately throwing them away or discarding them, promote the re-use and recycling of waste paper.  These may be bound together, stapled or stitched together and cut into more convenient sizes.  Using paper wastes whenever possible is a good way at lowering costs in the office.


For more confidential documents, try and seek a paper shredding service.  They would normally shred and go to a paper recycling company or you may also opt to shred your own paper waste and contact a paper recycling company directly.


Teach employees about segregation and make it a habit to separate the white paper from the colored paper.  Putting labeled trash bins has also proven to be an effective way of encouraging employees to recycle especially in areas where high paper waste is generated such as computer rooms, record stations and administrative areas of the office.  Be sure to position the cans in a very accessible place where employees may actually see and use them.  It is good to then consult the employees who are stationed in those areas and ask them about the trash bin placements. .  It is important that employees make it a habit to segregate and make it an effort to use the labeled bins


Also promote the process of carefully opening those mailing envelopes.  It also good to reuse blank window envelopes for informal correspondence that has no need for branding.  Original addresses may be covered up with sticker labels to enable the envelope to be reused.  Small acts of recycling when imbibed as a daily practice will prove to bring surprising results.


After learning the discipline of recycling and segregation, explore having a tie up with recycling shops where you could sell the segregated office paper.  Segregation is a key factor to being able to sell your paper to recycling shops at a higher value.  Separating office paper from regular garbage significantly reduces waste collection fees by up to 50%. Remember that white paper costs more. Separate white paper such as copy paper, bond paper, office paper, inkjet paper, and letter head paper from newspapers and cardboard.  Simple segregation when done efficiently can save 6.7 cu yards of landfill space equivalent to every a ton of paper that is recycled.

Economically, aside from reducing land fill size recycling promotes  the further prevention of more trees used to produce paper.  The more people recycle, the less trees are cut down only to be used for paper.

  Normally, recycling shops would give negotiated prices depending on the quality of the recycled paper being sold to them.  On the average, the mill buying price is from $181.76 to $188.76 per ton of paper, depending on the market scenario. 
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Clarissa
Posted 97 days ago
What would also help is if companies would have their employees use any unused paper for scratch paper before it is shredded. Even with shredding and recycling, I still see too much waste going on.
 

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