210 billion sheets of paper are consumed by faxing in US companies every year alone.
95% of typical office workers paper will be thrown away.
Save Energy
EnergyStar; a joint program of the US Environmental Protection Agency states that the average fax machine consumes the most energy of any office equipment.
Most fax machines are left on 24/7
Conserve Natural Resources
One ton (40 cases) of office paper not used saves 24 trees, 380 gal of oil, 7,000 gal of water, and 4,100 KW hrs of electricity.
That's enough energy to power the average home for nearly 6 months and enough oil to make 252 gallons of automobile gasoline.
Prevent Deforestation
17 Million trees are cut down every year in order to supply fax paper for the US as a whole.
That's 4 trees for the average US company cut down in order to meet their faxing needs.
Cleaner Landfills
Paper takes up 26% of landfills. Landfills are the single largest source of methane releases in the US.
With paper contributing to over a quarter of greenhouse gases released by landfills you can see the positive effect reducing paper usage and deforestation would have on our atmosphere.
Healthier Planet
Deforestation is the source of 25% of human caused greenhouse gas emissions.
A single tree can absorb 60 lbs of greenhouse gases annually.