The best ways to change your Seattle office into a paperless office

There is more than one reason why a Seattle office should cut back on paper consumption, one of these is the large amount of money you could save, then there are all the trees you could be saving and also because low-tech paper is not the safest way to store confidential information.So if you are about to move your company to a new Seattle office then here are some tips to make that office a 21st century paperless office, thanks.1) Firstly, work out where in Seattle is your nearest recycling facility. You need to know where the facility is and which way to get there from the office. It will also be of benefits to arrange a collection service, because from your office it might be quite a distance to the facility.2) Next, you should use emails rather than paper and snail mail. Perhaps one of the most efficient ways to cut back on the amount of paper your office uses is to use computer based messaging instead of the traditional sending letters, fax machines and memos. If you use this method then you will be able to reduce office spending and make workers more productive as they won't be wandering around the office passing a memo or letter but rather they can just click on send to action an email.3) Newspapers, magazines and marketing materials can now all be received electronically, so there is absolutely no need to have a paper copy as well. In fact, using paper for these particular purposes is one of the most unnecessary and wasteful uses of paper that there is. This is because magazines and newspapers usually end up in the trash can anyway, so if that happens then you are just throwing money in the bin. Also if you subscribe to a magazine online you can then make use of articles in presentations or reports more easily than if you had a hard copy.4) Maybe a white board could replace the need for post-its. Office workers always have something remember so they make a note of it and usually this is on a post-it note however in a paper-free office you might to buy a whiteboard and use that instead. A whiteboard can be used and reused many times and is a good way to brainstorm with your workers and flesh out some of their ideas. As a result a whiteboard is a great way to cut back and minimise the sheets of paper that are used in your office. So if you have made the move to Seattle Office Space, then you should find a stationers in Seattle and buy a white board.5) Finally, paper-free doesn't just mean cutting back on A4 it can mean so much more. It also means using hand-dryers in the bathroom rather than paper towels and by using coffee mugs rather than paper cups. There are dozens of simple things you can do to cut back on the amount of paper you use, it could even be as simple as designating a corner of the office for the proper disposal of paper.Quite recently one of our associative firms made the move to a Seattle office and they made the most of the upheaval by using it as an opportunity to instil change paper usage habits. In the end they saved quite a lot of money and their workers became very efficient when using paper.