Posts Tagged ‘paper’
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Do your proofing and editing online instead of with paper copies
Help your office save paper by using online editing. instead of printing out copies to proof, if possible, do it on screen. You’ll be able to save your edits and keep everything in one place, and not have to worry about keeping track of that one important piece of paper with all the critical information on it. It’s also much easier to share edits online, simply by attaching a document to email. Multiple people can quickly catch up on the latest version of the project without having to wait to receive a printed copy. Keep everyone in the loop and save a tree or two at the same time!
Written By: Meredith
Tags: editing, online, paper, proofing
Posted in Everything Environmental, Your Eco Office | No Comments »
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Is all paper recyclable in some way?
When choosing paper to print on and green options, you may consider, is all paper recyclable? Once my product has served its purpose, will it be able to be recycled? Upon doing a bit of research, recyclable paper can be broken into three categories: mill-broke (scraps trimmed off from the mill, usually recycled internally), pre-consumer (made it out of the mill but not to the consumer), and post-consumer (discarded material, think magazines, newspapers, etc.). Your design projects potentially could fall into multiple categories, with the production creating mill-broke paper and the final product being post-consumer. From what I’ve found, checking sites like wisegeek.com, most paper can be recycled, with the exception of photo paper. Some types are harder than others and have to go through vigorous deinking processes (de-inking, removing the ink), but it seems that most papers in fact are recyclable. Encourage the recipients of your designs to recycle them when finished, and make an effort to use recycled paper to begin with.
Tags: deinking, design, paper, post-consumer, recycle, recycling
Posted in Green Design, Tips, Tricks, and TriLeaf | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Scan It!
Considering we are in 2010 and we live in the digital era, where everything comes and goes through satellite, computers, cell phones, thinking about keeping folders and folders full of paper seems a little bit awkward. If you have the chance to own a scanner, or know someone that does,
try scan some of those important pieces of paper you keep. You will be amazed by how many space you can save at home to put other things! And you will also still have those documents securely saved on a flash drive, a CD, or in your computer. Besides you can later on recycle all
that paper at any recycling location.
Have you ever thought about something like this? Do you keep and save all those papers just in case you need them sometime?
Written By Juan Muscarsel
Tags: cd, documents, external harddrives, flash drives, important, more space, paper, recycle, scaning, why
Posted in Everything Environmental, Recycle Me | 1 Comment »
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Printing
Whenever you are printing at home it doesn’t matter what type of printer you have, you can always save some paper if you print double-side. You might have nice printer that does it for you, but if you don’t spend a couple more minutes and flip the pages yourself so they come out printed in both sides. If this is a lot of time for you, or you are printing some really long document, you can also select to print pages by pairs; in the set up select the pages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and so on, then flip all the pages and print pages 2, 4, 6, 8, in that way you will flip the pages only once.
Are you printing double-side? Have you ever thought in how much paper we waste for drafts or print proof? Try to also use paper that was already printed in one sided to print those types of things that are just a proof or a draft.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: double-sided, paper, print, proofs
Posted in Green Design, Tips, Tricks, and TriLeaf | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Electronic Calendar vs. Old Style Calendar
It is our belief that technology while it is awesome, sometimes it will fail you. For instance, about 20 minutes ago we had no internet a circuit blew so it was done. Thus I could not work on blogs respond to e-mails or even work on projects all that much as our projects we keep online so that everyone can get to them when need be. So I began working on office organization, formulating new blog ideas, and saving and backing up files that should be backed up. It’s funny how one little thing can throw everything off. But earlier this year, we also found that when a calendar freaks out online or on your phone and deletes all your meetings you are in big trouble. That is why we now keep both a digital version and a planner version of our schedule.
I know I cannot live without my planner that is neatly tucked in my purse. It keeps me up to date on what I have going on. Be sure you have a back up.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: backups, calendars, ideas, meetings, notebooks, paper, plans, technology, will let you down
Posted in Inside TriLeaf Designs, Tips, Tricks, and TriLeaf | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Pack a waste free lunch
What is this? Basically, not wasting anything by buying containers. Your drink put in a thermos or in your reusable water bottle. Don’t use plastic bags for anything, use small containers for holding your sandwiches, though word of advice your chips should not go in with your sandwich. In my experience, it has made them soggy. My favorite little container that my grandma gave me this container that has a whole in the center for food, and then the outer rim is for chip or what have you. I love to take salsa and chips, veggie dip with veggies and other like ideas.
As you’ve read before on the blog, make your own products as well make little jello in reuseable containers, package up your own fruit. And of course use a lunch bag and not paper bags.
Think this way, how much were you spending on plastic forks, bags, paper bags each month and put it towards something more fun or in my case toward loans and house needs.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: bags, containers, free, lunch, lunch totes, paper, plastic, thermos, waste
Posted in Everything Environmental, TriLeaf's Eco Tips | 6 Comments »
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Target has recycling bins
I walked into Target the other day to return something and low and behold a row of recycling bins. This impressed me I must say. They had bins for paper, plastic, mp3 players, old phones, and glass. I did not at all expect to see these at an establishment such as Target for use by the consumer. So the next time your saving say that water bottle in your car to throw in the recycling when you get home, if your running to Target bring it in with you.
I commend Target on having this for consumers, I just wonder how many people actually use it.
Would you?
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: electronics, glass, paper, plastic, recycling, target
Posted in Everything Environmental, Recycle Me | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
How many pieces of paper do you use daily?
I ask this question because I challenged myself to use only 1 piece of paper all day while at home. I tend to make to do lists, draw random things when on the phone or just forget and grab another piece. It’s a bad habit that I am trying to widdle down. A suggestion for those of you who do this like I do. I got myself a little notebook that I keep in my purse, my particular one is a reporters notebook from college because I have a whole pack of them left and it fits perfectly into my purse. I keep this notebook full of my to dos, any little notes, figures that I need to write down. I can then just keep going down the lines and use less paper. It makes me feel better than using a whole big sheet for some small calculation.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: how much, notepads, paper, scratch, uses, wh
Posted in Everything Environmental, Leafy Discussions | No Comments »
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Tins Cans Turned Office Creation
What you will need:
- 5 46oz juice cans or whatever cans you wish of the same size.
- spray glue
- paper, any kind whatever you wish
- hot glue gun
- black marker
Paint the cans whatever color you wish. Overlap with paper or just paint whatever you wish or like better. Using a fabric bolt or even a piece of wood, paint or decorate the wood as you wish. Hot glue the can to the bottom of the board or fabric bolt and keep them lined up against the bottom. This will keep it stable so that it can be used to lay things on and not worry about rolling. If you don’t like the look of the outrims of the cans you can add buttons or what have you.
Written By: Kim Woods
Tags: cans, office, paper, reuse, tin
Posted in Art & Trash, Everything Environmental | 11 Comments »
