PAPER CONSUMPTION

Vernika Moore, Cecilia Aiken, Byron Johnson, Levar Pitts

Paper In The U.S.

Paper in the U.S.

• In the U.S. alone we consume 99,778,437 tons of paper

• Does anyone know how much that is per person?

• Only 10% of the paper we consume in a year is preserved

• Recovery of all printing/writing papers is 41.1%, but only 4.8% recovered paper goes back into making recycled printing and writing paper

Paper in the U.S.

33.9

5.3

811.7

12.4

12.9

16.1

Materials generated in U.S. municipal solid waste stream in 2006

Paper & Paperboard GlassMetals Plastics Food Wastes Yard Trimmings Other Wastes

Paper in the U.S.

28%

31%5%

7%

8%

21%

U.S. Paper Production

Printing/Writing Paper ContainerboardPackaging PaperTissue Newsprint Boxboard

Paper in the U.S. Printing & Writing Paper Snapshot Tons

Uncoated Free-sheet 13,898,000

Coated Paper 9,615,000

Uncoated Ground wood 1,832,000

End Use Uncoated Free-sheet snapshot

Tons

Office Reprographics 4,656,000

Commercial Printing 3,297,000

Business Forms 1,892,000

Envelopes 1,430,000

Books 626,000

Paper in the U.S.

• The Southern U.S. contains the most biologically diverse forests in North America and is the largest paper-producing region in the world

• The paper industry is the largest consumer of forests in the Southern U.S., currently logging an estimated 5 million acres of forests each year.

• While the Southern U.S. contains 31% of the nation’s timber inventories, it is harvesting 54% of the nation’s timber volumes

The Paper Making Process

The Impact of Paper-Making on the Environment

• Fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases.• Negative impacts of paper-making occur at

three stages of the process:

1. Harvesting Trees for Fiber

2. Processing of wood fiber into pulp

3. The disposal of paper products at the end of usage.

The Problem With the Way Wood Fiber Is Often Harvested

• Depends on virgin wood based fibers to make the pulp that becomes paper.

• Wood used comes from old growth and environmentally sensitive forests.

• Unsustainable logging practices.• Illegal logging practices.

Effects of Unsustainable Logging Practices

• Degrade ecosystems• Release of stored carbon• Climate instability

The Impact of Paper-Making

• Energy Intensive• Requires large amounts of water• Releases about 212 million tons of

hazardous substances into the air and water.

• Uses toxic chemicals

-Chlorine compounds

Chlorine Compounds

• Used in bleaching pulp to make paper whiter.

• Creates harmful byproducts called “organochlorines,” which include dioxins and dioxin like compounds.

-cancer

-developmental damage

-reproductive damage

-immune system damage

Reducing Paper Use

Easy Ways to Reduce Paper Use

• Change printer and copier settings and habits– Set narrow margins in all standard documents

to be printed – Equip all printers and copiers to be able to

duplex (double-sided print)– Install utilities and train staff in techniques to

print just what is needed

Easy Ways to Reduce Paper Use

• Create, edit, distribute, and store documents electronically – Send and receive electronic faxes or fax-to-emails instead of paper

faxes – Set up scanners to convert paper documents into electronic

documents that can be searched and shared easily – Set up PDF software on all computers for creating electronic

documents – Set up means of storing documents electronically instead of in filing

cabinets. Saves space and makes it easier to locate documents in the future

– Select and use on-screen editing tools in your electronic documents– Budget for multi-function or all-in-one machines. These will save on

space, costs, energy and toxic production and end-of-life processes.

Easy Ways to Reduce Paper Use

• Distribute annual reports and marketing collateral in PDFs, HTML or eBooks. – Check your Web site to see what pages people

most often print, print them yourself, and change them if they are printing on too many pages unnecessarily.

– Collaborate using electronic documents – Use e-mail instead of memos and faxes. – Transfer documents on disk or through e-mail for

editing and review.

Easy Ways to Reduce Paper Use

• Recycle Paper– Recycle paper– Buy recycled content paper– One big benefit you can save millions of trees.

Easy Ways to Reduce Paper Use

• Other– Use fax stick-on labels instead of cover

sheets. – Use both sides of the sheet of paper, whether

for copying or printing. – Provide half-size sheets for short memos and

letters.

Research

Research

• According to the average FAMU students use 3,978 tons of Paper

This equals to • 67,926 Trees• 1,511,640 gallons of oil• 15,912,000 kilowatts of energy • 27,846,000 gallons of water• Enough energy to power the average

American home for 1,657.5 years

Demographics

FAMU Demographics

Full-Time 10,509

Part-Time 1,339

Female 6,940

Male 4,908

Florida 9,215

Non-Florida 2,633

Psychographics

• Cohorts in the United States– Most college students are from the Millennial

Generation (Generation Y)– 97% of college students owned a computer– 94% owned a cell phone – 76% of students used instant messaging

Library Benchmark

Architecture Engineering Science Research

Journalism

Inventory (2005)

30,182 955 24,102 1,817

Computers Yes Yes Yes Yes

Printers set to print double sided

No No No No

Recycle Bins Yes No Yes No

Uses Recycled Paper

No No No No

Access to E-Books

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Survey Results

25%

50%

13%

13%

Recycling is important to me?

Strongly AgreeAgreeNeutralDisagreeStrongly Agree

Survey Results

25.00%

37.50%

37.50%

Do you use recycled paper?

YesNoSometime

Survey Questions

87.50%

12.50%

Do You use printers in the SJGC building?

Yes No

Targeting the Message

Targeting The Message

• Almost 78% of FAMU students are Florida Residents

• Generation Y currently falls under College Students

• Let’s Go back and look at our research!

Targeting the Message

• The Southeastern United States is currently the largest paper-producer in the world

• In what region is Florida located?• The message can be framed to appeal to

students who family reside in Florida• What will happen when the paper industry

starts eyeing that tree in your back yard?

Targeting the Message

• Generation Y– The Most Tech Savvy – Large percent of Generation Y owns cell phones and

computers– Why can’t we access notes, homework, e-books, etc.

from these devices? – Applications such as Evernote are a great tool for taking

notes– Homework for professors can be uploaded on

blackboard or emailed– Students can replace textbooks with Kindle/Nook

devices

THE END

Sources

• http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html• http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html• http://www.secret-life.org/paper/faq_paper.php• http://www.environmentalpaper.org/PAPER-statistics.html• http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?AboutFAMU&Overview• http://blog.techsoup.org/node/560• http://blog.techsoup.org/node/475• Junco, Reynol and Mastrodicasa, Jeanna M.

"Connecting to the Net.Generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today's students" (2007)