International Day without Paper - Support for the Protection of Natural Resources

How much paper in the world is spent every day, annually? Tons, tens and hundreds of tons! According to experts, most of the paper is spent not by students and students, but by employees of modern offices. Here, the largest reserves of its economy have been identified. In support of the call of the public, the International Day without Paper was taken care of with regard to natural resources.

What holiday is it?

In the world there are many special holidays - Medical Day, Day of the accountant, Miner's Day, Teacher's Day and other days, which are dedicated to professionals in their field. More recently, another holiday has been added to the list: the International Day without Paper. The history of its appearance begins in 2010, when the AIMM Association supported the idea of saving natural resources. To save paper means to save the forest. Since then, every year the world's leading companies from the most diverse sectors of the economy in support of the action every fourth Thursday in October are holding the International Day without Paper.

How many cubic meters of wood go through the printer daily?

To produce 100 packs of A4 sheets , it takes about one cubic meter of wood. How quickly will these packs be used up? Even a small office draws up a couple thousand documents for a year - contracts, invoices, reports, invoices, registers and so on. How many sheets go to one document, and how many drafts were spent before obtaining a final version? It is difficult to calculate even approximately, but immediately the answer arises: the paper is spent very much, and with it trees, electricity, water.

The international day without a paper just also should pay attention of the public to this question. Its purpose is to call for the rational and conscious use of natural resources.

How to find savings reserves?

The latest statistics show that the use of paper worldwide has increased by 20%. It is difficult to say whether this is due to the increase in economic activity or the increase in negligence. In any case, those who came up with the International Day without paper, propagandize such ways of saving it:

• Save on drafts. Before you print the final version of the document, carefully subtract it on the computer.
• Use the preview mode before printing. This will help reduce the number of sheets used by formatting.
• Print documents with a smaller font.
• Use minimal intervals and narrow margins.
• Print from two sides.
• Implement an electronic document management system at the enterprise. Instructions, production technological cards, orders, orders and other internal documents can be entrusted to electronic carriers.
• Training of new employees, advanced training of experienced workers and testing can be successfully carried out electronically.
• Ordinary mail can be replaced by e-mail.
• Place catchy slogans near the printer and the copying machine: "Think twice before printing!" Or "How much paper have you thrown out today?"

Bright minds will be able to continue this list, inventing their effective methods of saving paper.

Ways to support the action

Those who have never participated in the action can become members of the program "International Day without Paper 2015". It's very simple and completely free. It's enough just to talk about such an event to colleagues at work, business partners, and on the fourth Thursday of October to remind everyone by e-mail that today is the International Day without paper.

It would be very good if every office employee and every person always carefully and consciously treated natural resources, and not just on holidays.