Green friendly Printer/Copy vendors/policies

Jamie_Henderson · May 8, 2014, 7:53pm

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

Glen_Ferguson · May 8, 2014, 8:54pm

At Cowork Frederick we bought a multi-function printer that will allow me to turn on account-based or department ID printing if things get out of hand. A year and a half after opening, our printer usage is one case of paper (recycled) and one toner cartridge per year. So around 5000 pages and a $200 cost per year.

Frankly, I figured the lawyers would be the biggest users, but it turns out to be the writers, then web designers and then the lawyers.

I think paper towels are our biggest waste. There’s a great TED talk about how to dry your hands using a single sheet (I swear, there’s a TED talk for everything). I’ve been thinking about putting it on a digital picture frame and letting it playback in the restroom.

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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson [email protected] wrote:

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

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alex · May 8, 2014, 9:12pm

+1 on paper towels being a much larger expense than printing in our community.

Even at 300 members, we go through a toner cartridge once a month, but it varies from space to space, though. I know of spaces that go through a more than one cartridge per week.

Also, I’ve learned that when you make it easy for people to print, they print more. Sounds obvious, but when the goal is to reduce waste, the simplest solution might be more obvious than you think

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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson [email protected] wrote:

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

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Jerome · May 8, 2014, 10:01pm

Savvy psychology can work, Alex. Nice.

Others, we have a large MFP for clients, but even for just ourselves, we use it for printing out sales sheets, agreements, or anything else around the office. I can’t imagine a space w/o an MFP.

We encourage recycling by having a shredding service. It’s basically a tall box that gets picked up when we request it. That same box accepts any paper, which when separated out instead of the same trash as any other trash bin, has a high recycling effectiveness rate.
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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson [email protected] wrote:

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

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Rachel_Young · May 9, 2014, 3:58pm

I had to find the paper towel tedx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMBSblpcrc

r.

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On 8 May 2014 16:54, Glen Ferguson [email protected] wrote:

At Cowork Frederick we bought a multi-function printer that will allow me to turn on account-based or department ID printing if things get out of hand. A year and a half after opening, our printer usage is one case of paper (recycled) and one toner cartridge per year. So around 5000 pages and a $200 cost per year.

Frankly, I figured the lawyers would be the biggest users, but it turns out to be the writers, then web designers and then the lawyers.

I think paper towels are our biggest waste. There’s a great TED talk about how to dry your hands using a single sheet (I swear, there’s a TED talk for everything). I’ve been thinking about putting it on a digital picture frame and letting it playback in the restroom.

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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson [email protected] wrote:

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

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Glen_Ferguson · May 9, 2014, 5:36pm

I figured someone would be curious enough to go look for the video.
Here’s the link from ted.com that doesn’t have YouTube ads: http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_smith_how_to_use_a_paper_towel

With our low volume of printing/copying, we just have a shredder next to the printer. Members have to deal with NDAs, HIPAA and other assorted government contract requirements, so it’s used pretty regularly. We’re lucky enough to have single stream recycling so all our paper, plastic and glass goes in one bin without having to sort it. As long as the shredded stuff is put in a paper bag, it goes in with the rest of the recycling.

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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:58 AM, rachel young [email protected] wrote:

I had to find the paper towel tedx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMBSblpcrc

r.

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CoworkingOntario, and CoworkingCanada!

On 8 May 2014 16:54, Glen Ferguson [email protected] wrote:

At Cowork Frederick we bought a multi-function printer that will allow me to turn on account-based or department ID printing if things get out of hand. A year and a half after opening, our printer usage is one case of paper (recycled) and one toner cartridge per year. So around 5000 pages and a $200 cost per year.

Frankly, I figured the lawyers would be the biggest users, but it turns out to be the writers, then web designers and then the lawyers.

I think paper towels are our biggest waste. There’s a great TED talk about how to dry your hands using a single sheet (I swear, there’s a TED talk for everything). I’ve been thinking about putting it on a digital picture frame and letting it playback in the restroom.

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On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson [email protected] wrote:

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

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Jamie_Henderson · May 12, 2014, 6:55pm

Thanks for all the great insights everyone! Love the Ted talk =)

Jamie

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On Friday, May 9, 2014 10:36:43 AM UTC-7, Glen Ferguson wrote:

I figured someone would be curious enough to go look for the video.
Here’s the link from ted.com that doesn’t have YouTube ads: http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_smith_how_to_use_a_paper_towel

With our low volume of printing/copying, we just have a shredder next to the printer. Members have to deal with NDAs, HIPAA and other assorted government contract requirements, so it’s used pretty regularly. We’re lucky enough to have single stream recycling so all our paper, plastic and glass goes in one bin without having to sort it. As long as the shredded stuff is put in a paper bag, it goes in with the rest of the recycling.

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 11:58 AM, rachel young [email protected] wrote:

I had to find the paper towel tedx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMBSblpcrc

r.

____________________
rachel youngrac…@camaraderie.ca

We’re located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor

(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)

Find us online:

Website/blog and Newsletter, Twitter,

Facebook, Google+, Yelp, and LinkedIn

We’re a proud member of CoworkingToronto,

CoworkingOntario, and CoworkingCanada!

On 8 May 2014 16:54, Glen Ferguson [email protected] wrote:

At Cowork Frederick we bought a multi-function printer that will allow me to turn on account-based or department ID printing if things get out of hand. A year and a half after opening, our printer usage is one case of paper (recycled) and one toner cartridge per year. So around 5000 pages and a $200 cost per year.

Frankly, I figured the lawyers would be the biggest users, but it turns out to be the writers, then web designers and then the lawyers.

I think paper towels are our biggest waste. There’s a great TED talk about how to dry your hands using a single sheet (I swear, there’s a TED talk for everything). I’ve been thinking about putting it on a digital picture frame and letting it playback in the restroom.

On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jamie Henderson [email protected] wrote:

Hello fellow collaborators!

I am looking for vendors of green printers/copiers that others may have come across that they can recommend. As we are trying to be as green friendly as possible I know that printing can be one of the biggest wastes but necessary evils in a coworking space. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Also, I’m looking for policies that you have implemented to keep paper use down in your space. What cap did you put on printing per month? How do you encourage a paperless culture?

Any advise would be uber helpful!

Thanks!

Jamie Henderson

Community Manager

ECO-SYSTM

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