Sustainability Report 2005-2006
Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007
Supervising Scientist Division environmental performance
Materials: Paper
EN1: Materials used: paper
Goals 2005-06
Reduce total paper usage by 10% in 2005-06- Decrease the amount of virgin (non-recycled) paper purchased by 30% for 2005-06
- Provide statistics on paper usage for publications printed externally in 2005-06
Performance 2005-06 and trends
| Virgin | Recycled | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total (reams) | 127 | 336 | 463 |
| Total (sheets) | 63 500 | 168 000 | 231 500 |
| Per employee (reams) | 2.5 | 6.7 | 9.2 |
| Per employee (sheets) | 1257.4 | 3326.7 | 4584.1 |
| Sheets per day per person | 5.5 | 14.5 | 20 |
Commentary
SSD has used 20.2% less paper in the period. This exceeded the 10% reduction goal set in the 2004-05 TBL report. Use of virgin paper has been reduced by 40.4%. Use of recycled paper is down by 8.5%. This has been achieved through initiatives such as reusing paper printed on one side, installation of duplex trays to facilitate double-siding, encouraging staff to review/edit documents on screen, and using electronic means to disseminate information.
Publications printed externally are all printed on partially recycled paper or paper sourced from sustainable plantation timber. During 2005-06 SSD had three publications printed using a total of 78 900 sheets of paper.
Staff awareness to recycle and reuse has been promoted through email and on the SSD intranet site.
Goals 2006-07
- Reduce all paper usage by a further 10% for the period 2006-07.
- Reduce consumption of virgin paper by replacing it with recycled paper.
Related Indicators
Contents
- Sustainability Report 05-06
- Executive summary
- Vision and strategy
- Our organisation
- Governance
- Policy and influence
- Environmental performance
- Social performance
- Economic performance
- Report assurance statement
- Case studies
- GRI index
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