Welcome to Week 25 of the 50 Ways to Reduce Your Waste Line. Last week, we asked you to consider meeting virtually, instead of physically travelling to inter-campus or off-site meetings. This week we shift our focus back to the “Computing” theme by asking you to reuse any misprinted or misfed office paper by turning it into scratch pad note paper before recycling it.
One Thing You Can Do
Printing documents can sometimes lead to errors, such as accidentally printing the wrong document or realizing it was formatted incorrectly when you pick it up from the printer.
Before placing it into one of Sheridan’s blue recycling bins, reuse that paper as a scratch pad before recycling it.
Simply tear, chop or cut your re-used paper into smaller note-sized pieces, then staple or clip them into a scratch pad that you can use whenever needed.
Some Facts About Paper
- “Paper as we know it traces its roots back to China at the beginning of the first millennium AD. Traditional Chinese records give the credit for its development to one T’sai Lun (about 105AD). He was subsequently deified as the god of papermakers!” (Pulled from: http://www.paperonline.org/history-of-paper)
- John J. Loud was credited for inventing the ball-point pen in 1888, which holds S. Patent # 392046. The ball-point pen is one of the most successful inventions in human history, with 57 units sold around the world every second back in 2006. (Pulled from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2014/12/10/the-evolution-of-modern-ballpoint-pen-a-patent-history/id=52550/)
Join a Sheridan Green Team
The 50 Ways to Reduce Your Waste Line initiative is created and supported by the various Sheridan Campus Green Teams. If you would like to get involved and help your campus to be more sustainable, join a Green Team. Please contact the Chair of the Green Team at each campus as below:
Davis – Melissa Friesen
HMC – Jacinda Frazer
Trafalgar – Wai Chu Cheng
