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Joseph here, cofounder of HelloSign. The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper a year. Multiply that by the working population and that's an enormo

Joseph here, cofounder of HelloSign. The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper a year. Multiply that by the working population and that's an enormous footprint. The unfortunate part is that using that much paper is completely unnecessary, as there are services that make paper use obsolete. The problem with people going paperless isn't the technology, but the awareness that the technology exists. That's why we teamed up with Gogole Drive, Fujitsu, Expensify and others - to help people stop using paper for good.

vasco 14y ago
You failed to provide the proof he asked for though. What he means is, assuming a majority of the paper production comes from managed woodland, making the destruction of habitats and so on a mute argument, how does that compare to having datacenters being built everywhere, and what is better?
- icebraining 14y ago
  The premise that paper requires less servers is odd, in my opinion. Documents come from servers anyway, the main difference is whether they go to your printer or your screen.
corin_ 14y ago
What's your source for saying that the average office worker uses 10k pages a year (~40 every working day)?
- guiseppecalzone 14y ago
  Source: Small Business Association http://www.sba.gov/community/blogs/community-blogs/small-business-matters/6-tips-going-green-and-reducing-risk-with-pap http://www.sba.gov/community/blogs/community-blogs/small-bus...
  - Retric 14y ago
    That's hardly a meaningful source. Junk numbers have often been posted all over the place, but that does not mean there credible. 10,000 / ~ 250 work days a year = 40 pages a day. That seems really excessive even if your counting books. For example, I have not printed anything in over a year, so while there are some books and papers people give me it's no where near 40 pages a day.
whyleyc 14y ago
The parent asked why he should go paperless, not what technologies would enable him to do so. What makes it a worthwhile thing to do ?
ErrantX 14y ago
That figure was what actually sparked this thought in me - because that's a meaningless statistic without something showing this is a worse impact than using all digital :)
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vasco 14y ago

You failed to provide the proof he asked for though. What he means is, assuming a majority of the paper production comes from managed woodland, making the destruction of habitats and so on a mute argument, how does that compare to having datacenters being built everywhere, and what is better?

icebraining 14y ago
The premise that paper requires less servers is odd, in my opinion. Documents come from servers anyway, the main difference is whether they go to your printer or your screen.

corin_ 14y ago

What's your source for saying that the average office worker uses 10k pages a year (~40 every working day)?

guiseppecalzone 14y ago
Source: Small Business Association http://www.sba.gov/community/blogs/community-blogs/small-business-matters/6-tips-going-green-and-reducing-risk-with-pap http://www.sba.gov/community/blogs/community-blogs/small-bus...
- Retric 14y ago
  That's hardly a meaningful source. Junk numbers have often been posted all over the place, but that does not mean there credible. 10,000 / ~ 250 work days a year = 40 pages a day. That seems really excessive even if your counting books. For example, I have not printed anything in over a year, so while there are some books and papers people give me it's no where near 40 pages a day.

whyleyc 14y ago

The parent asked why he should go paperless, not what technologies would enable him to do so. What makes it a worthwhile thing to do ?

ErrantX 14y ago

That figure was what actually sparked this thought in me - because that's a meaningless statistic without something showing this is a worse impact than using all digital :)

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