Our overall goal is to
     reduce the amount of
     8'2 x 11" white paper
     we use by 15  percent.
your   Coordinator   can
help you think of more!
Whichever way your office
implements this campaign,
lake the pledge and start
breaking the paper chain
today!

> Reducing waste at
   the copy machines
Our goal is to redure our
use of copy paper oy at
least 15 percent Agency-
wide. We can do this by
making fewer cop;es to
begin with and b>  Cooperating with
   yow office* own
   "Paper-less Strategy"
Your Coordinator will give
        ation about the
       effort  your office
will make to reduce paper
use. These office-wide ac-
tivities could include purging
mailing lists, expand:"';
the use of electronic filing
systems, or  produurq
documents  in electronic,
rather   than  paper,  tor-
mats.  Your  office will  be
competing with other EPA
offices  to  achieve  the
highest reduction in paper
waste.  Every piece of pa-
per you don't use will help
your office win.
During the year, you'll hear
more  about  these  and
other ideas  you come  up
with to use less  paper at
EPA.  All empbyees  are
encouraged  to  access
campaign updates through
All-in-One VTX  and  the
Agency's  interconnected
Local   Area   Networks
(LANs). f
CAN We Count on Ybu?
•\fe can achieve our gou1 'f
each EPA employee loes
something even,' day '^ "=-
duce (paper  use.  Can  we
count on you? Let us know
by taking the pledge. Return
ihe pledge form or use the
electronic  version  available
through your Office Cam-
paign   Coordinafor.   Also
share  your ideas for  pre-
/enting paper waste  with
vour Coordinator.
                                                                                               Umtort Stales          EPA530-F 94 012
                                                                                               Environmental ProHKtior   Apr,! '994
                                                                                               Agency
In addition to being part of
this Agencywide effort, there's
another good reason 101 tak-
ing the pledge: Vour pledge
is your entry ticket into  a
drawing for a prize! Only
Paper-Less Office Campaign
participants are eligible.
Don't  delay—today  and
every day, break the paper
chain at EPA'
4>EPA   Paper-Less
               Office  Campaign
               Waste  Prevention
               Program

  Consistent twrt the Paper-Less Office Campaign goals, this pamphlet has
  been printed arddisiril^ to Sn^ quanta
  aged to share and post it in a central location. This informations oho
                  jghAfori&ie YJX and the Agency's intota*
                              netted Local Area Nttworks (LANs). For more informafya m tin
                              Paper-Less Office Campaign, col 202 26M928.
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                                                                                                                      VI
      Each Earth Boy, we reaffirm EPA's mission to prevent pollution
      and to protect our emronmen f We constantly challenge
      business and industry to examine their operations and to Inks
      steps to prevent pollution. As on Agency, we also must do our
part to protect the environment,

Today, Eonh Bay, t invite you to join me in translating out shored envi-
ronmental ethic into action hsra in our own wrkplace. We are going to
tackle ond conquer the single largest component of our waste stream —
paper. While we con boost of a successful pajiei recycling rote, the
Agency is still consuming too much pcjisr Each ohjs should find ways
ta uss .'••• ; paper in our day-So-day work.  In doing so, we will bs
"practicing what we preach, " conserving valuable re-sources, end setting
sn example to other federal agencies for reducing paper consumption.
I cm pkwd to announce tiis slnn ef f/rs flutes Office Cwpt
campaign r/l run ihrousfi fc end ol Ihis ysof. sr,d I intend to moke it
CTrJr«'«&//kec5koWw
Administrator to appoint a Waste Prevention and %ecyclln§ (wnlimtot
lo overses iha sifoii wiihin each Headquarters crgonization ond field
oif/r  \fk "A 3ruploy n misty of strategies to rsducs Ihs emunt of
{isjisr '?/§ us? by 1 5 percent Agencywide. In ths spirit of this
nave asked that the distribution of this brochure include electronic mail
or,d involve cs link papsr use ns possible.

I am asking each and every [PA employes lo join me by ptsdqiK.  '
take individual responsMtv for using Isss paper. Togslhei \ve will
"break tits paper chain" a) EPA.
WHY a Paper-Less
OHFfice Campaign?
Did you know that os ^ -"'fieri
we throw away more paper
than any other type of waste
material? Paper makes up
a jout 38 percent of munici-
 '   solid waste generated in
     United  States.  Office
paper  is the third  largest
category  of  paper  waste,
after corrugated cottons and
newspapers. Paper used t- r
copying, computer printin
and  faxing  accounts  for
almost half  of ths office pa-
per  used  in  the  United
States, ond  that use is grow-
ing  rapidly.
EPA  is  no different  than
other offices in terms of the
amount of paper waste we
gsnerate.  For  example,  at
Headquarters  alone,   we
generate abour 1 7 tons of
office paper waste a week!
Although we con be  very
proud  of our recycling  ac-
complishments, the Agency
is still consuming ioo mucn
paper.  !) would ba better to
have  less paper waste  to
manege in the first place, so
Shot we could save money in
reduced  purchasing,  recy-
cling, and disposal cosis. For
these  reasons, the  Paper-
Less  Office  Campaign  fo-
cusss on reducing EPA's  use
of office pacer.  (J
                       Carol M. Browner
                       EMAdmmistrotor
    At  Headquarters alone, we
    generate about  17 tons of
    office paper  waste a  week!
                    ^B>*
                                                                   fice paper is the third-
                                                                largest category of paper
                                                                waste, after corrugated
                                                                cartons and newspapers.
WHAT Is the Goal of
the 1994 Paper-less
Office Campaign?
The   Paper-Less   Office
Campaign  will   be con-
ducted Agencywide each
year. At !he  start oi each
new year, specific  goals
will be set. For ihis year's
campaign, which staffs on
Earth Day, April 22, 1994,
our overall goal  is to re-
duce the amount of 8^/2 x
1 1" white paper we use by
15 percent  We are not
trying  to completely elimi-
nate our  use of paper on
the job—that  would  be
unrealistic.   During  the
course of this  campaign,
we will try to change hab-
its, work  more  efficiently,
find adopt policies that will
help prevent waste. We're
uomg to  break the paper
chain!  35I'«t1$caW
HOW Are We Going
ID Reduce Our Paper
Use?
Ihis   year,   our   battle
against  paper waste  will
include the following three
strategies:

> Pledging to use less
   paper
A  good first step toward
achieving  oui  goal  is to
pledge to  use less papgft
Your  Office  Campaign
Coordinator  will advis§
you on how and where t©
submit your  pledge,  either
electronically or by signing
a  pledge  form. Honoring
your pledge will not be dif-
ficult.  There  ore simple,
everyday things (hot  each
of us  can  do  <'o use  les
paper—you probably
several  good  idea'
ready. In  addition, d
the course of the camp i ;i

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