DAMARTEX, a company conscious of its environmental responsibilities, decided to change things as far as the purchase of stationery items is concerned. This is indeed a cross departmental field and it enables every employee, as an integral part of the whole company, to become aware of how things can be changed.
- Recyclable paper is collected in specific boxes in every office, in partnership with the Clinitex cleaning company. Print cartridges are collected in partnership with the Conibi and Alter Buro companies to recycle them.
- Recyclable paper is used in priority. Documents that can be printed in a lower quality within the company (such as pay slips, and delivery slips) are identified, and printers and copying machines are provided so.
- Organic paper is very much used. This paper needs 20% less raw materials (water and wood) when being produced.
- Printing waste and envelopes containing internal documents are collected to make stationery items such as notebooks, file folders, etc.
- Some documents are converted to PDF files: product documents, some accounting documents and financial records.
- There are more and more departmental printers and fewer documents are printed by the employees as a result.
- Every employee is made aware of the very approach of the company. When stationery items are made available by the purchasing department, information is given on intranet and through posters located near the copying machines and the printers.
- Streamlined ordering of office supplies, with the introduction of a monthly order protocol, making it possible to reduce the number of deliveries and moreover transport-related CO2 emissions.
A Best Practice showcased by World Forum Lille in 2010 and updated in 2012 for its evolution.
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