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“I thought every office is going paperless?”44% of companies said they still use paper in the office every day.1

“To become more eco-friendly, we have fewer printing stations

in the office.” 70% of he total waste generated in offices is paper.3

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“All company-wide communications are sent electronically.” 74% of businesses were

“quite to extremely reliant” on printed materials such as newsletters or presentations.4

“We pay everything online.”The use of checks in business-to-business (B2B) transactions remained at roughly 50% in 2017.2

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FA C T S H E E T

THE PAPERLESS OFFICE: PULP FICTION?

HERE ARE 4 MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE PAPERLESS OFFICE.

MYTH DIY paper shredding is practically free.

FACT:The average office worker

produces more than 10,000 sheets of paper annually*.

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We protect what matters.

Sources:1. Paperless Survey, Foxit, 2018. 2. Not Going Anywhere: Why Checks Still Matter, Association for Financial Professionals, 20173. How Much Paper Does Your Office Use Each Year?, gflesch.com, March 2018 4. Paperless Office? No. Less-Paper Office? Yes. Copiers Northwest, December 2017.5. Paper Recovery and Landfill, paperrecycles.org6. Average U.S. Office Worker Uses 10,000 Sheets of Paper a Year, mashable.com7. Study Reveals Office Employees Prefer Reading on Paper Than on Screen, by Angus Malietoa, November 2017 8. U.S. Paper Recovery Rate Reaches 65.8 Percent in 2017, American Forest & Paper Association9. M-Files Survey Indicates Many Organizations Still Vulnerable to the Dangers of Paper-based Document Management,

m-files.com, 2016.

“I‘m used to it”

OFFICE EMPLOYEES PREFER READING ON PAPER THAN ON SCREEN7

PAPER CONSUMED IN THE U.S. WAS RECOVERED FOR RECYCLING8

“We end up recycling anyways”

“It’s still a big part of how we do business”

26.7% of 81%

of65.8% of

IN 2017

EMPLOYEES STILL PRINT AT LEAST ONE DOCUMENT AT WORK EVERY DAY.

While digitization can save time, money, space and help

the environment too, there are still reams of paper to deal with before the workplace

is 100% paperless.

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M I S C O N C E P T I O N S O F T H E PA P E R L E S S O F F I C E

Why do we still use so much paper?While the amount of paper going to landfills has declined from about 36 million tons in 2007 to 22 million tons in 20175, there is still a lot of paper being generated. In fact, the average U.S. office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper a year.6