Energy Saving Tip # 1 - Staples

I've decide to add a daily tip to the blog, some of which I am sure you have already implemented, and others you might not. I will try to add a new dimension to these tips by delving into some of the potential savings that could be amassed from taking on such tips.

If each of the 10m office workers were to use one less staple per day this would amount to 328kg per day and over 120 tonnes of steel over a year. In energy terms this would be over one million kwh of electricity used and almost 500 000kg of CO2 reduced. A viable alternative to staples are stapleless staplers (and can hold together upto 7 sheets of paper, not to mention office-chic in Japan) or reuseable paperclips.

Why Stapleless Staplers are Japan Office Chic?

• No Staples [You never have an emergency staple moment]
• No Need to Remove Staples
• Easy to Shread Documents
• Less Frequent Jams & Irritating Stapler Related Problems
• Safe for Children [Just search staple in YouTube]
  

Whilst Im sure you are not moved by the figures to ban staples in the office just yet, it shows the impact a small action can have on a national scale. I found this stapleless stapler for under $3 USD including shipping and can hold 5 sheets together. Take into consideration the number of staples you use or in some magazines, supplements, business document, retailers and mail. That's alot of staples.