Receive
fax by email instead of papar
Save Trees: 42%
of global "industrial
use" wood harvest is for paper production
and it expects to grow 50% in the next
50 years.1 In average, fax paper usage accounts for
5% of office paper usage. If we can reduce
our fax paper useage by 50%, we save 1%
of the trees from total global "industrial
use" cutting.2
Print fax only when needed and
print double-sided
Save Forest: Only 22% global forest
remains intact. In United States, there
is only 3 precent remain. Every year, 16
million hectares of forest lands is lost
in developing countries. One of the largest
factors contributes to this lost is paper
comsumption.3 71% of the world’s paper
supply is not made from timber harvested
at tree farms but from forest-harvested
timber, from regions with ecologically
valuable, biologically diverse habitat.4 Less
printing and print double-sided means less
forest trees got cut.
Fax
out from computer instead
of printing for fax out
Save Water and Environment: The
pulp and paper industry is the single
largest consumer of water used in
industrial activities in OECD countries and is the third
greatest industrial greenhouse gas emitter, after the
chemical and steel industries.5
Send fax directly from your computer instead of printing
for fax out can reduce paper consumption. In turn, you
save water and reduce greenhouse gas emission.
Forward fax by email instead
of faxing out
Reduce Paper Usage: After you received
your fax by email, forward it out instead
of faxing it out can reduce paper usage.
Your effort can save
trees,
forest, water
and the environment.
Turn
off fax machines or computers when not
in use
Save Enegry: FaxRabbit is "always on",
so you don't need to turn on your computer
and fax machine 24 hours a day. By reducing
the electricity you use you are reducing
air and water pollution from power
stations and saving a tonne of
greenhouse gas for each 1,000
kilowatt-hour of electricity you save.6
1Abramovitz, “Paper Cuts”, WorldWatch Institute 1999, p. 124
242% tree cutting * (5% fax paper usage * 50% reduce
usage) = 1% trees saved
3The Paper Chase, Dave Tilford
4Toward a Sustainable Paper Cycle: An Independent
Study on the Sustainability of the Pulp and
Paper Industry, 1996
5OECD Environmental Outlook, p. 218
6Green Office Guide, Commonwealth of Australia,
2001
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