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UK offices waste 120 billion pieces a year
Pressing the print button without properly checking through what you are actually printing is believed to be one of the reasons why UK offices waste 120 billion pieces of paper a year.
A new Government backed study showed that on average a typical office worker will print 22 pages of paper every working day, costing firms a fortune in the process.
Printing off documents without setting the printer on the back-to-back setting, or without checking just how long the document is, has been given as explanations; as well as the belief in some that the more paper on the desk will make you look more important!
The study went on the reveal that office waste can cost companies up to 4% of turnover, and that through simple environmental actions, such as doubles sided printing, offices can reduce waste costs by 20%.