Comments on: Time to go green by ditching paper? http://greenerworking.com/time-to-go-green-without-all-that-paper Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karri http://greenerworking.com/time-to-go-green-without-all-that-paper/comment-page-1#comment-2336 Karri Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:02:17 +0000 http://greenerworking.com/?p=5997#comment-2336 I am all about reducing paper and using electronic media. Once I have recieved a CD, I load the information onto our computer file network, and it is always available for searching and sharing with others. Another suggestion as an alternative to CD/DVD distribution is the use of SharePoint and FTP sites. The document can be posted (regardless of size), and can be shared by anyone who has been given access. Additionally, if CDs are the only practical alternative, please be aware that they are considered a #7 plastic and are therefore recyclable. Check with your local recycling centers for the plastics that they recycle, or look to other sources for CD recycling. One place I have found for CD DVD and computer recycling is Back thru the future. They offer free recycling for CDs and DVDs. I am all about reducing paper and using electronic media. Once I have recieved a CD, I load the information onto our computer file network, and it is always available for searching and sharing with others. Another suggestion as an alternative to CD/DVD distribution is the use of SharePoint and FTP sites. The document can be posted (regardless of size), and can be shared by anyone who has been given access.

Additionally, if CDs are the only practical alternative, please be aware that they are considered a #7 plastic and are therefore recyclable. Check with your local recycling centers for the plastics that they recycle, or look to other sources for CD recycling. One place I have found for CD DVD and computer recycling is Back thru the future. They offer free recycling for CDs and DVDs.

]]> By: Bob http://greenerworking.com/time-to-go-green-without-all-that-paper/comment-page-1#comment-2277 Bob Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:33:30 +0000 http://greenerworking.com/?p=5997#comment-2277 A drawback with CD's is that a mass producing them to send out, there will always be a few that are not readable -- small problem but frustrating and inconvenient for the person who received it. Also, CD's are not indestructable like some people think. Without proper handling, they can get a scratch on them that renders them useless. What is a waste of paper is companies like JC Pennys that sends out 3 to 5 sale catalogs a week or ones that send out catalogs every two weeks where the only thing different is the cover page and maybe a few promotions. One way we recycle paper here at our office is to use the back side of paper that has little information on the front side, i.e. daily reports that print out with pages that only have a heading and "no unusual activity *** end of report ***" or something similar. These pages work great for printing items that stay in house and for the fax machine. By the way, those daily reports are ones we have no control over what prints out -- corporate office set the daily reports printing. A drawback with CD’s is that a mass producing them to send out, there will always be a few that are not readable — small problem but frustrating and inconvenient for the person who received it. Also, CD’s are not indestructable like some people think. Without proper handling, they can get a scratch on them that renders them useless.

What is a waste of paper is companies like JC Pennys that sends out 3 to 5 sale catalogs a week or ones that send out catalogs every two weeks where the only thing different is the cover page and maybe a few promotions.

One way we recycle paper here at our office is to use the back side of paper that has little information on the front side, i.e. daily reports that print out with pages that only have a heading and “no unusual activity *** end of report ***” or something similar. These pages work great for printing items that stay in house and for the fax machine. By the way, those daily reports are ones we have no control over what prints out — corporate office set the daily reports printing.

]]> By: Holly Budd http://greenerworking.com/time-to-go-green-without-all-that-paper/comment-page-1#comment-2259 Holly Budd Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:57:05 +0000 http://greenerworking.com/?p=5997#comment-2259 Using a CD instead of paper is not always the best choice. Paper is made from trees, grown on tree farms. Paper is a renewable resource. It sequesters carbon. CDs are made from petroleum. Using a CD instead of paper is not always the best choice. Paper is made from trees, grown on tree farms. Paper is a renewable resource. It sequesters carbon. CDs are made from petroleum.

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