Xerox Green Survey
April 25, 2008
In time for Earth Day, a recent survey by Xerox asked US office workers about the "non-green” practices in their offices. According to Xerox, the biggest gripes about companies’ lack of environmental awareness were:
- mindless printing resulting in abandoned pages at the printer (40 percent)
- leaving lights on in unused offices (37 percent)
- lack of recycling bins (33 percent)
- excessive air conditioning or heating (29 percent)
- wasteful use of paper products, such as plates and cups (27 percent)
- co-workers who don't recycle (27 percent)
- co-workers who print single-sided instead of double-sided documents (24 percent).
The survey also noted that environmental awareness is often a function of age, where younger employees tend to be more green-oriented. It also noted that women tend to be more eco-conscious than men.
It’s interesting that many of these issues have to do with printing, an area where users themselves have some control over the waste.
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