Reduced Paper Usage

1 Tree = 80,500 sheets of paper
80,500 sheets of paper = 676,777 grams of Carbon Monoxide

During Spring semester 2005, Goucher’s most used printers consumed 642,729 sheets of paper, using approximately 8 trees and creating 5,527,469 grams of Carbon Monoxide

In Spring of ’06, Goucher implemented the Print Wisely Program which:

• Provides students with 600 free sheets per semester
• Automatically sets Networked Printers to duplex
• Discourages needless printing

During Spring semester 2006, Goucher’s most used printers consumed 327,949 sheets, using approximately 4 trees and creating 2,820,361 grams of Carbon Monoxide

Results:

• 314,780 fewer sheets of paper
• 4 less trees were used
• 2,707,108 fewer grams of Carbon Monoxide were created

The Balance window that you frequently see on your computer screen is PrintWisely at work.