Ditching paper…

By: Anikka Wattnem

I have found that at home and at work it seems like a large portion of my waste is paper. Here are a few ideas for reducing your paper use and waste.

1. Cancel your newspaper and magazine subscriptions. The internet is full of free news sources. Your favorite paper is likely available online at little or no cost. Magazines are often full of ads and very poor in content. Once again the internet comes to the rescue
2. Go paperless in your billing. Many companies are offering some kind of option to view and pay your bill online. This often allows you access to the bill sooner since you don’t have to wait for it to come on the mail. If you pay online via direct withdrawal or credit card you save yourself and envelope and stamp as well!
3. Get off those junk mail lists. I have used Catalog Choice (https://www.catalogchoice.org) and it definitely has reduced my junk mail. You do have to go an unsubscribe individually to catalogs but it seems to work well.
4. Think before you print. Do you really need every email your receive? Or recipe that you find that you might try? Save things electronically and only print when necessary.