The New Push for the Paperless Office

http://www.cio-today.com/news/The-New-Push-To-Get-Rid-of-Paper/story.xhtml?story_id=13100BOFIKVI

Sukgu's comment - I think the reasons many people in the office still use papers a lot are that it is more easy to read and understand and that many higher managers still prefer to be reported through papers rather than electronic files. My company is making the material that is used to produce paper. Thus, we don't have strict rules to reduce our consumption of papers. Even in some cases, especially in sales division, they boost to consume papers more. The consumption of paper is not only the issue of economies but also the issue of environment. We have to change our way of working.

Another way to reduce paper is to restrict the number of printers per employee. Boosting the employee-to-printer ratio to about 8 to 1 slows paper consumption by making printing that much less convenient. "CIOs are realizing how much waste is generated by their printers and copiers and fax machines," says Craig Le Clair of Forrester Research.