Office dematerialisation in Brussels Region

At the end of 2003, the Brussels Administration for Environment (IBGE-BIM) initiated a “Program of office dematerialisation actions” aiming to reduce office paper and energy consumption. Pilot plans and mini-audits in order to determinate paper consumption and its origins were carried out in 25 volunteer organizations/ insititutions of the private & public sector. The proposed interventions included measures such as:

1. individual initiatives such as reduce font size, reduce margins, reduce line spacing, printing both sides and 2 sheets per page,…
2. organisational initiatives such as virtual internal procedures, rationalise the distribution of external information and set default parameters such as procedures as memos, minutes, press releases, order forms, invoices, archiving, … , develop home-work, decentralise services, … and finally
3. technological resources (office equipment, software and consumable purchases taking into account paper saving possibilities).

In the longer term, through improved organizational measures and adapted technological resources, the intervention could lead up to a 30 %  of paper consumption reduction.

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Waste prevention activity data