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"We are losing Earth's greatest biological treasures just as we are beginning to appreciate their true value. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover a mere 6% and experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years."
We're all aware that the planet's resources are under pressure like never before, but how would switching to internet faxing help reverse this? Surely it would be a drop in a very large ocean?
The truth might startle you. The decision to send your faxes online could substantially reduce deforestation and benefit the eco-system as a whole.
First, let's consider a real life example of fax paper usage in a typical office with 100 employees.
Let's assume that this office purchases approximately 1 million sheets of paper or about 5 tons*.
This may seem excessive, but if you look at your own purchases you will find that 10,000 sheets of paper per person is a reasonable number and could even be conservative for some offices.
Traditional faxing accounts for 5% of all paper used in offices, which means our example business is faxing out around 50,000 sheets of paper per year.
Or 500 sheets per person. (Over 40 fax pages per month)
On a micro-scale, this may seem insignificant. But when you consider U.S. businesses now use about 21 million tons of paper every year it means faxing alone accounts for 210 billion sheets per year - a staggering figure by any standards - and one with devastating consequences for our rainforests.
Furthermore, 95% of the paper used for faxing will eventually have to be disposed of. Although moves have been made in recent years to increase public awareness of recycling, the results are not enough to have a meaningful impact on deforestation. Most of this paper will end up as landfill, adding further to the pressures on the environment.
Traditional fax machines are also the most energy intensive form of communication available. A report by the Association of Cities and Recycling found faxing to be the most wasteful form of transmitting messages. **
We believe that the movement to paperless fax solutions will have a significant impact on the environment. As part of the evolution of modern society towards a more conscientious and responsible attitude towards the earth's resources, switching to Internet fax is a simple yet important step.
Your business will also make huge gains in terms of human resource productivity. Every member of your company can send faxes straight from their desktop. No more traipsing over to the fax machine, waiting for it to become free, punching in the number, sending the fax and then waiting for confirmation - ten times a day. You'll also benefit from a huge cut in operating expenses if you no longer have to buy printer toner or paper.
The transition from paper to digital media is happening across the whole spectrum of human communication. As email replaced snail mail, online faxing will supersede traditional fax machines. This change is a natural progression and is largely ineluctable - it is the rate of adoption that needs to increase. We are fast approaching critical mass with our depredation of the world's rainforests. Serious changes need to be implemented now if we are to create a viable and sustainable environment for future generations.
Internet Fax has already made its case to business. It is now time to make the case for the environment.
Save a tree. Send a fax online.
We are proud to take a pro-active part in the adoption of Green Technology.
*Based on research that the average US office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year
http://www.woodconsumption.org/products/paper.pdf
http://www.mdfsystems.com/artman/publish/article_42.shtml
1 ton of paper = 200,000 sheets of paper
http://www.csmate.colostate.edu/
**http://www.acrr.org/resourcities/dematerialisation/dema_did.htm