Comments on: What do YOU do to reduce paper-use?

By: jennifer

jennifer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:19:54 +0000

Jane – I love that you’re finding that using a whiteboard helpful for you! Way to go!

Jennifer – Thanks for mentioning GreenPrint! What a fantastic tool. It’s $29 and upgrades are $10, so its cost seems to cut into the money you save on paper/ink. But if you print a lot, I’ll bet it’s really worth it. Thanks so much for the resource!

If readers want to check it out, here is their link: http://www.printgreener.com/

By: Jennifer Rodriguez

Jennifer Rodriguez — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:47:29 +0000

Hi Jen -

I have a simple tool I use to reduce paper waste – a neat little piece of software called GreenPrint. It automatically detects unnecessary pages when you’re trying to print something (ex. last page of a website with only the html address on it) and eliminates them from your printouts. I love GreenPrint because it saves money on paper and ink, but also will help the environment by saving trees. I also am a fan because GreenPrint is a Portland-based business and I love supporting local, independent companies. As a freelance bookkeeper and QuickBooks Rockstar, I work with a lot of clients who produce a lot of paper and I always recommend GreenPrint to my customers because it’s so useful and so affordable.

By: Jane Kirsch

Jane Kirsch — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:09:35 +0000

Hi Jen:
I too was using the large 2 x 3 post-it sheets to plan and brainstorm on and thus had these big posters stuck all over my office walls and the back of the door.
I’m switching to using a large white board that I hung up. It’s actually better since you can wipe out a not-so-good idea when you get a better one. Then when I have the project sorted fairly well I take a digital photo of the board and download it to my computer. I can post it on my desktop or add it to the project’s file on my hard-drive.
Saving money as well as paper!
Jane Kirsch´s last blog ..Go Ahead – Make a Mess!

By: jennifer

jennifer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:56:52 +0000

Hiiii Willie! Wow! You betcha. Welcome to the avowed paper consumers club. Seriously, if your moleskin works, keep it. But it’s so great that you are thinking differently – that is what makes change possible if you decide to go that route.

Darcy – Very cool. Way to reuse! I used to do the same thing with printer paper except I’d always forget to put in “fresh” paper when I needed to print something “for show”. Now I don’t do that but appease my conscience with post-consumer recycled paper. I do LOVE me some paper!

By: Darcy

Darcy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:05:21 +0000

Oooh, one of my favorite topics. We save printer paper that’s only been through the printer once to print on the back. Stuff that’s the wrong size to go through the printer gets put on a clipboard for note taking and list making. Any paper that comes into the house that has one clear side gets either printed on or clipboarded or cut up for scrap paper we keep in every room of the house and use to jot notes (library tickets, junk mail, greeting cards after they’ve been enjoyed).

When I lived in Philly many years ago, I heard the poet Chrystos speak and she advocated using every inch of every piece of paper that comes to us. I always think of her when it’s time to recycle something, asking myself if I’m sure I can’t get any more use out of it.

I do print my ebooks, though, because I won’t read them if I have to sit at the computer to do it.
Darcy´s last blog ..Reset

By: Willie Hewes

Willie Hewes — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:19 +0000

Hi, Jen! I’m Willie and I’m a paper junkie. Hi, Willie!

I’d never even thought of refusing receipts, or keeping virtual products virtual.

I print a lot of stuff, including e-books. I also write on paper, even first drafts of difficult e-mails and such. It just works better for me, but it does mean I have 3 pages left in a moleskin I got in January. If this rate keeps up, I’ll go through 6 fancy notebooks this year. Eek.

Thanks for getting me to think about something I’d never thought about before, Jen.