![]() But, undoubtedly, any of the coloured inks is more polluting than black and white inks, as they require components (dyes) that are highly harmful to nature, in addition to the usual ink polymer. As a curiosity, “the most expensive and polluting colour is green as it is the one that requires the most complex materials for its manufacture”. Colour printing is at least four times more expensive for a document with the same amount of ink on the page, and more polluting. A decision that is sometimes as perplexing as printing in colour or black and white determines whether that document is more or less easy to recycle. In fact, some of the papers generated in certain departments of companies are non-negotiable due to their legal nature, but the truth is that a simple reflection before hitting the “print” button on whether it is really necessary to do so, can help to take care of the world we live in.įrom the initial consideration of what we print and what we don’t, there’s inevitably another part that, although at first glance it may not seem so, also determines how paperless we are: the way we print. It has not even succumbed to the advent of the technological age. Stone engravings gave way to wax tablets, then to papyrus and then to parchment. The written word is a human characteristic that has been handed down from the earliest cultures. With the paperless model, no one is talking about putting an absolute end to the use of paper. No more data should be needed to awaken our conscience. In other words, the amount of water needed by three people is being used to cover the production of paper used by two employees. This is too high a cost since, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an average of 100 litres of water per day per person meets basic consumption and hygiene needs. A figure that shows that the use of personal computers and peripherals has not only not helped to reduce consumption, but has even increased paper waste.Ĭonsidering that it takes up to 10 litres of water on average to produce one sheet of paper, the ecological bill is skyrocketing. In a The Guardian study on paper consumption in offices, it is stated that each employee consumes 16 sheets of paper per day. The calculations are simple, but the result is staggering. Without realising it, in addition to the significant reduction in paper printing costs for companies, this change in routine has also served to both mitigate the human ecological footprint on the planet and to increase labour efficiency.Ĭonsequences of too much paper in offices ![]()
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