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Want To Save Paper? Go Paperless! Here’s How To Do It…

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Printing-the-internet.jpg Printing is SO overrated.

How many of us print unnecessary and superfluous Internet pages and documents countless times a day?

In addition to the data you see in the image to the right, try these statistics on for size too:

  • If you printed the Internet, it would be a book 1.2 billion pounds and 10,000 feet tall…
  • …It would require 45 million ink cartridges for a total of half a million liters of ink, which if that were fuel, would power a 747 for 18,000 miles.
  • …You would need enough paper to cover half of Long Island, which is about 700 square miles.
  • …And you would sacrifice 40,000 trees, which is almost twice as many trees as there are in Central Park.

Wow. So how does hitting that print button look now?

 

How To Print To PDFs

One of my favorite tricks for saving both paper and ink is to virtually print a page to a .pdf.

If you’re a Mac user:  OS X has the feature built in to your print options.

If you’re a PCer:  Check out the awesome freeware PDF Writer for a full feature set or doPDF for limited functionality but enough useful options that should satisfy the average user’s needs.

You are going to be amazed at how much paper that one little trick is going to save you!!!

 

More Tips For Going Paperless

  • Go Paperless: A Process For Going Digital In 10 Minutes A Day
  • 5 Easy Steps To Going (Almost) Paperless
  • Stop Printing And Enjoy The Digital Life
  • 6 Expert Tips For Going Paperless

 

Image and statistics from Cartridge Save, via Neat O Rama.

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I think every little step toward living green is an awesome one… but eco-snobbery sucks! My goal is to help newbies learn the most important steps toward living green — individually and collectively. Personally, I strive to have as little impact as possible on Planet Earth while I'm here.

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JeffreyI think every little step toward living green is an awesome one... but eco-snobbery sucks! My goal is to help newbies learn the most important steps toward living green -- individually and collectively. Personally, I strive to have as little impact as possible on Planet Earth while I'm here.

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JoshuaAs an advocate for good health, I usually try to choose the 'greener' option over other more dangerous and/or wasteful options. Generally, if it's bad for your health or the planet, I try to avoid it. In my effort to live green... on a budget, I like to find new (healthier) budget-friendly ways to do things -- from eating and cleaning to recycling and home decorating. My goal is to help you take the chore out of living green by sharing fun new ecofriendly ideas that you can try today... or any day! My all-time favorite way to live green is to repurpose items and give them a new use -- I've written a lot of useful DIY articles.

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LynnetteMy experience with living green consists of taking baby steps (like making one big change each year as my New Year's resolution) -- because I've seen too many people burn out on trying to 'Save the Planet'. I share a lot of Simple Ways To Go Green, as I find new and successful strategies that have worked for me. While I'm baby-stepping my ecofriendly habits in life, you will find me at the corner of Good News & Fun Times as publisher of The Fun Times Guide (32 fun & helpful websites).

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