Too many printouts!
We are up to our eyeballs in wasted paper!
At the beginning of each semester the library and computing staff expect to stock up on paper for students to print out their readings for the term. We also put the readings on reserve and scan them into Blackboard, so we know how much there is to read!
Unfortunately each library has a similar stack to the picture taken in Canaday on September 28 (thanks Maria!) and Guild's is even larger!
Here are a few tips to saving trees this fall:
- print double-sided
- only print required readings at first, then print the recommended readings as you need them
- make sure you have the time to wait if you are printing a long article (some articles can take 20 minutes to print if there are images or charts!)
- make sure the article fits your needs before you print
Comments
As an alternative to recycling or trashing unwanted paper, you can have it bound into scratch paper pads by the copy center. These have proven to be very popular with our faculty and staff. You need to send 50 sheets in a chunk and can request full-, half-, or quarter-sheet sizes. The final price is much less than for purchased post-its or other notepads.
Posted by: Selene Platt | October 25, 2006 10:27 AM