Unsurprisingly, offices are one of the main environments where we consume large amounts of paper. However, perhaps you can still be surprised by the facts and statistics surrounding office paper use!

• The average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year.
• 45% of paper printed in offices ends up trashed by the end of the day.
• U.S. companies spend more than $120 billion a year on printed forms, most of which become outdated within three months’ time.
• The average document is copied 10 times
• 45% of office paper ends up in the bin by the end of the day

Figure. Using technology to reduce paper waste (Betz, 2017)