The Paperless Office: Pulp Fiction? Here Are 4 Misconceptions of the Paperless Office

FACT: MYTH The average office worker DIY paper shredding produces more than 10,000 is practically * free. sheets of paper annually .

FACTSHEET THE PAPERLESS OFFICE: PULP FICTION? HERE ARE 4 MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE PAPERLESS OFFICE.

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“I thought every office is going

paperless?” “We pay 44% of companies said everything online.” they still use paper in the The use of checks in office every day. business-to-business (B2B) 1 transactions remained at roughly 50% in 2017.

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“To become more eco-friendly, we have fewer printing stations “All company-wide in the office.” communications are sent electronically.” 70% of he total waste generated in offices 74% of businesses were “quite to extremely reliant” is paper. 3 on printed materials such as newsletters or presentations. 4

We protect what matters. MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE PAPERLESS OFFICE

Why do we still use so much paper?

While the amount of paper going to landfills has declined from about 36 million tons in 2007 to 22 million tons in 20175, there is still a lot of paper being generated. In fact, the average U.S. office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper a year.6

“We end up “It’s still a “I‘m used to it” recycling anyways” big part of how we do business” IN 2017 % % % 26.7 of 65.8of 81 of OFFICE EMPLOYEES PREFER READING PAPER CONSUMED IN THE U.S. WAS EMPLOYEES STILL PRINT AT LEAST ONE ON PAPER THAN ON SCREEN7 RECOVERED FOR RECYCLING8 DOCUMENT AT WORK EVERY DAY.

Sources: While digitization can save 1. Paperless Survey, Foxit, 2018. 2. Not Going Anywhere: Why Checks Still Matter, Association for Financial Professionals, 2017 time, money, space and help 3. How Much Paper Does Your Office Use Each Year?, gflesch.com, March 2018 the environment too, there are 4. Paperless Office? No. Less-Paper Office? Yes. Copiers Northwest, December 2017. 5. Paper Recovery and Landfill, paperrecycles.org still reams of paper to deal 6. Average U.S. Office Worker Uses 10,000 Sheets of Paper a Year, mashable.com 7. Study Reveals Office Employees Prefer Reading on Paper Than on Screen, by Angus Malietoa, November 2017 with before the workplace 8. U.S. Paper Recovery Rate Reaches 65.8 Percent in 2017, American Forest & Paper Association is 100% paperless. 9. M-Files Survey Indicates Many Organizations Still Vulnerable to the Dangers of Paper-based Document Management, m-files.com, 2016.