Ford Drives Green with Sustainability Printing

Ford has currently been making an effort to reduce their use of paper by 6,000 tons in the past year! Now that is a lot of paper - it is equivalent to a loaded freight train with two locomotives and 100 cars. With their practice to reduce the amount of paper there have been a few initiaties that have benefitied from this transformation:

• More than 12,000 trees are preserved


• 5.2 million gallons of waste water flow is now saved.


• 600,000 pounds of solif waste is not generated


• More than 1.1 million pounds of greenhouses gases prevented


• More than 8.6 billion BTUs of energy is not consumed

Now, those number are astounishing to me! Implementing the new paper trategy required changing peoples perceptions regarding the use of printers, however there has been full support among Ford managers as well as their suppliers to help create a better world, by reducing the use of paper.

Beginning this year Ford, Lincoln and Mercury owners manuals will be printed in the US on paper containing at least 10 percent recycled fiber and certificed by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council). They are estimating that 2.2 million owners manuals wil be printed this way! I think that this is a fantastic step to becoming more sustainable. It all starts with small changes and slowly but surely they will help reduce the environmental impacts around the world. Every attepmt counts!

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