Yesterday, I encouraged you to use post-consumer recycled paper. Turns out, an even better option exists—take office greening to the next level by avoiding paper all together and digitizing your documents.

“Going digi” gives you the opportunity to not only cut costs and save some trees, but also you’ll streamline your business and get rid of that clutter—the more you store on your computer, the less you have to store on your desk.

I therefore recommend making a comprehensive filing system on your computer. It’s also helpful to review emails, docs, etc on screen than printing them out. For those documents that are not available on your computer, just make a simple scan and they’ll be up on your desktop in no time. There are a range of Energy Star Scanners. I prefer the ScanJet 5590 Flatbed Scanner from Hewlett Packard. The innovative design makes it easy to store in small spaces.

Posted on September 10th, 2007 by Olivia Zaleski