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12 Mar 99 - office paper reduction; transport packaging; hardware stores ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition ----------------------------------------- From Renee Kimball, waste prevention advocate, Portland, OR, in response to recent postings about encouraging office paper reduction: Getting folks to go along with waste reduction measures -- some ideas that have worked with usually non-compliant folks: 1. Place a box next to the photocopier for folks to place once-used paper in. A sign with FACE DOWN works to keep user ready. Instructions on which direction and which side up at the machine encourage manual double-sided copying (nothing is more frustrating than trying to get it right). 2. The box on the desk also works well -- if you purchase reams of paper in the small boxes, these are the perfect size. "Once is not enough" as a campaign slogan works also. 3. "Awards" for lack of compliance worked well in a legal firm. Anyone who consistently left their light/computer on overnight or was caught with usable paper in the waste bin arrived on Monday morning to see the garish award on their door. E-mail: rrrrenee ( AT ) aracnet ( DOT ) com ------------------------------------ From Glenn Meyer, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA), St. Paul, MN: These two 1998 reports are now available on-line on the Minnesota OEA website: -- "Transport Packaging: Cost-Effective Strategies for Reducing, Reusing and Recycling in the Grocery Industry" (in Adobe Acrobat format) is located at: http://www.moea.state.mn.us/berc/transpac.cfm -- "Retail Hardware Best Practices for Waste Management" (in both regular text format and Adobe Acrobat format) is located at: http://www.moea.state.mn.us/berc/hardware.cfm - end -