Paper CHASE
ACS's New Years Resolution: Reduce our paper consumption by 20%
Annual printing and paper consumption statistics at ACS (year 2013-2014):
102 small classroom and office printers:
Combined output: 332,858 pages of paper
Average: 3,200 pages of paper per printer per year
12 large printer/copier machines around campus:
Combined output: 3,011,058 pages
Total pages printed in one year:
3,343,916 pages (from classroom devices and large printer/copier machines)
- 78% (2,608,254) printed in black and white, and 22% (735,662) in color.
Total weight of paper:
Reams of paper printed annually: 6,600 reams. 5 pounds per ream.
Total printed in one year: more than 33,000 pounds of paper or 16.5 tons of paper
It takes 400 trees to produce enough paper for ACS in one year.
What is the environmental impact of printing more than three million pages of paper annually? How much of that paper is discarded, and how much is recycled? And what about the environmental consequences of shipping the equipment, supplies, and 16.5 tons of paper?
Annual printing and paper consumption statistics at ACS (year 2013-2014):
102 small classroom and office printers:
Combined output: 332,858 pages of paper
Average: 3,200 pages of paper per printer per year
12 large printer/copier machines around campus:
Combined output: 3,011,058 pages
Total pages printed in one year:
3,343,916 pages (from classroom devices and large printer/copier machines)
- 78% (2,608,254) printed in black and white, and 22% (735,662) in color.
Total weight of paper:
Reams of paper printed annually: 6,600 reams. 5 pounds per ream.
Total printed in one year: more than 33,000 pounds of paper or 16.5 tons of paper
It takes 400 trees to produce enough paper for ACS in one year.
What is the environmental impact of printing more than three million pages of paper annually? How much of that paper is discarded, and how much is recycled? And what about the environmental consequences of shipping the equipment, supplies, and 16.5 tons of paper?