In every office there is someone who is obsessed with the latest tech and the one in ours predicts that our office is going to become a paperless office, an office that is conscious of the environment so doesn't use paper. At present we don't know if this is going to come true but any office can benefit from cutting back on how much paper they use.

The reasons are endless why a Columbus office should reduce the amount of paper that they use, 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 paper is perhaps not the most secure way to keep confidential information protected.

So for a company that is making the move to a new Columbus office then here are some tips to make that office a modern, 21st century, paper-free office; supplied by us.officebroker.com.

1) Firstly, work out where in Columbus is your nearest recycling facility. Now that you are based in Columbus you need to know where all of the facilities are and how long it will take to get there. It is also a good idea to organise a collection service, because from your office it may be quite far to the recycling plant.

2) Next, you should use emails rather than paper and snail mail. The move effective and easy to implement ways to reduce paper usage in the office is to use electronic messaging rather than memos, fax machines and sending letters. If you employ this method you can reduce office expenditure and make workers more productive as they won't be wandering around the office delivering a letter but rather they can just click the button and in seconds the email is sent.

3) The morning papers, journals and marketing materials can now be received vie email, so there is no need to have paper copies. This is the case as this use of paper is perhaps the most inefficient use of paper that there has ever been. What I mean is that over 80 percent of time magazines will undoubtedly end up in the garbage bin, so if that is the case then it is just a giant waste of paper. 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) Replace post-its with an office white board. You office employees will need a place to make notes and usually this is on a yellow post-it note but in a low paper office you could 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 a Columbus commercial office from us.officebroker.com, then go to the nearest stationary shop for a white board.

5) And just so you know it's not all about A4 paper, paper-free means much more. It also means using an air heater to dry your hands in the bathroom rather than paper towels and by using coffee mugs rather than paper cups. There are lots of little ways that you can cut back on paper usage, it may even be as easy as designating a corner of the office for the proper disposal of paper.

Recently one of the firms we deal with decided to move to a Columbus office and they used the office relocation as a way to implement new recycling and paper usage guidelines. After a few months they found that they saved a substantial amount of money and their staff was more efficient with paper.