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Paper Saved: 14,051,288
Trees Saved: 1686.22
last updated: 3/11/2010 10:53:26 AM (EST)

you recycle. you carpool.

You do whatever you can as one person. But what if there was a way that you could save your company time and money, while also going green on a larger scale? That’s where going paperless comes in.

There is a way, and its name is PowerDMS™. The premier web-based software solution for policy and procedure management is also a great way to help save the planet.

One glance at the statistics on this page makes it clear how much paper is used and thrown away every day. More paper usage means fewer trees, more waste, higher emissions and greater energy consumption.

But truly going paperless isn't easy. Only a straightforward, efficient, user-friendly system like PowerDMS can coax your most print-happy employees to join the revolution.

PowerDMS is the answer. "How can we go green?" is only one of the questions. Contact IDS today to find out more!

why go paperless?
Tree Stats:
  • Every tree that reaches maturity is able to release enough oxygen into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings. 1
  • If every family in the United States planted 1 tree, it would reduce the amount of CO2 in the air by 1 billion pounds per year, which is equal to approximately 5% of the CO2 that humans add to the atmosphere annually. 2
  • According to the USDA Forest Service, over a 50-year life span 1 tree will release $31,250 worth of oxygen into the air, while at the same time providing $62,000 worth of air pollution control, $37,500 in water recycling and $31,250 in soil erosion control. 2
why go paperless?
  • 95 percent of the old growth forests in the United States have been lost, and the world loses 4,281 acres of rainforest every hour. 3 4
  • There are 400 reams (500 sheets each) in 1 ton of paper. Since 1 ream uses 6% of a tree, that means it takes 24 trees to produce 1 ton of paper. 5
  • The average employee prints 10,000 pages per year. 6
  • The equivalent of 178 million trees were used as paper in the United States in 2004. The country's annual paper usage could form a 10-foot-high wall stretching farther than the distance from New York to Tokyo (6,815 miles). 7 8
  • Producing 1 ton of copy paper releases 5,690 pounds of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. That's the equivalent of 6 months of automobile exhaust fumes. 9
  • As paper decomposes in landfills, it produces methane gas, which has approximately 20 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. 10
References
  1. “Benefits of Trees.” Epsom & Ewell Borough Council 2004 http://www.epsom-ewell.gov.uk/EEBC/
  2. USDA Forest Service Pamphlet #R1-92-100
  3. Abromovitz & Mattoon, "Paper Cuts: Recovering the Paper Landscape." Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute 1999, p21
  4. “Earth Day Reality Checks & How You Can Do Your Part,” University of Oklahoma Environmental Health and Safety Office Saf.T.Gram. 14.1, Spring 2007: P1.
  5. www.conservatree.com
  6. Cefola, Jackie; Gold, Iris; Martiny, Larry; Mendelowitz, Jessica; Murray, Tom; Salerno, Tony. The Citigroup-Environmental Defense Partnership to Improve Office Paper Managment
  7. Paulson, Raymond. "Green Procurement Requirements and the Use of 100% Post Consumer Fiber Paper." Organization: NADEP North Island; Environmental Program Office, 2005
  8. “Recycling Facts and Figures,” Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. PUBL CE-163, 2002 www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/wm/publications/
  9. Environmental Defense Paper Calculator http://www2.edf.org/papercalculator/index.cfm
  10. Svoboda, Elizabeth. “Global Warming Feedback Loop Caused by Methane, Scientists Say.” National Geographic News, 29 August 2006 http://www.news.nationalgeographic.com

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