Change the
Margins
(Excerpted from an article by Betty Patton in the October 2007
newsletter for Recycling Advocates, a Portland, OR, non-profit
organization)
Excerpted from an article by Betty Patton in the October 2007 newsletter for Recycling Advocates, a Portland, OR, non-profit organization.
Open a new Microsoft Word document. From the drop down File menu, click on Page Setup. From the Margins tab, change the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom margins to 0.75”. At the bottom of that screen, select Default.
This one change will reduce paper consumption by about 4.75 percent. If it spread nationally, that would result in 380,000 tons less paper consumed. A study for Penn State University found that the campus could save $120,000 per year if they adopted this practice throughout the university. For more information about the Change the Margins initiative, visit www.changethemargins.com.