Digital green solutions at the University of Miskolc: the environmental footprint of A/4 pixels

Abstract

Europapier estimates that around 370 million tonnes of paper are used worldwide each year. According to the paper market analysis of the I-COM office supply company one Hungarian man consumes 91 kg of paper a year. This is well below the EU average of 173 kg / year / capita. During our research, we have been looking for an answer to the degree of annual office paper use at the University of Miskolc. Starting from the paper consumption generated by the paper based documentation and archiving required by the daily administrative tasks and projects, we only examined A4 paper consumption, given that international studies on green solutions and environment-friendly jobs have shown that conscious, well-thought-out use of A4 office paper in workflows saves costs, makes work more efficient and greener as well as reducing the environmental impact of their operations.