Last year, our parent company BNP Media began a recycling initiative with two separate bins placed next to printers-one bin is for paper; the other for cardboard. It took awhile for all of us to start employing the service.
Then we started getting quarterly statements on how much paper was being recycled and how many trees were saved. People started to take notice and now the bins need to be emptied every week. It takes little energy for someone to deposit paper in the bin, cost for the service minimal and the payback great. In 2005, our company recycled 16,000 pounds of paper, saving 136 trees, 24 yards of landfill space, 56,000 gallons of water and 7,800 kilowatts of energy.