Filed under: 365 Things
I mentioned in an earlier post (“365 Things – Pick One”) that I was looking for 365 things that I can do to in my life (and I hope you can do in yours) to mitigate environmental impacts.
As I sit at my desk, working on other projects, its become painfully obvious that I consume a lot of paper in my day-to-day work routine. Now I’m generally an organized person, and when I say ‘consume paper’ I’m talking about the number of things I write on everyday, to keep myself organized. Do you have a ‘post-it’ note problem? It’s kind of like that. I have a written task list problem. Moving from left to right across my desk, I count 2 open notebooks, 3 file folders, 3 pads of paper, and handful of printed reports or articles waiting to be proofed and edited (yuck).
Now, I would never consume paper products like this at home (post-consumer recycled, or not) and so office paper waste has no excuse.
As it turns out, I have a suite of digital products available to ‘green’ my daily desk routines. A paperless office is not as hard as we think, with a few quick changes to the way we work.
I think if I took the time (and I will) to study my workflow habits, I could find more efficient, more responsible ways to work at work.
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