{"id":31159,"date":"2026-08-21T09:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misbf-dev.local\/?p=31159"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:36:24","slug":"resource-office-paper-calculators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/2026\/08\/21\/resource-office-paper-calculators\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Metrics for Reduced Paper Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Calculating the Carbon Cost of Office Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Office paper is one of the most commonly used materials in many businesses.&nbsp; Despite ubiquitous use of digital technology, it is still regularly used in office machines, for correspondence, notetaking and other applications. Efforts to reduce, reuse or recycle office paper remain important to sustainability programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are two reputable tools that can be used to quantify waste prevention impacts:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/19january2021snapshot.epa.gov\/warm_.html\"><strong>Waste Reduction Model (WARM)<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Waste Reduction Model (WARM) is a tool created by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that is capable of calculating the total GHG emissions, energy savings, and impacts of waste management practices, modelling emissions, energy units, and economic factors. It provides GHG emissions in metric tonnes of CO2 and energy usage in MMBTU. This tool is efficient, data-driven, and is helpful for generating reports on externalities associated with various products.\u00a0 (It is not currently being updated by EPA due to the Trump administration\u2019s posture on GHG emissions.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/environmentalpaper.org\/\"><strong>The Paper Calculator<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Paper Calculator, created by the Environmental Paper Network, is specific to paper usage and provides additional metrics, including an input for percentage of recycled content in the paper. Its reports describe end-of-life impacts such as the effect of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on ocean acidification and species threatened.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to Find Impact of Using Less Office Paper (WARM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">If using 40 cases of 20 lb paper (1 ton):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landfilling 40 cases = 1.13 MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = 0.47 Million BTU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source reducing 40 cases = (7.95) MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = (36.60) Million BTU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">If using 4,000 cases of 20 lb paper (100 tons):&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landfilling 4,000 cases = 113.00 MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = 47.0 Million BTU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source reducing 4,000 cases = (795.00) MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = (3,660.00) Million BTU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How To Find Impact of Purchasing Office Paper with Higher Percentage of Recycled Content (Paper Calculator)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If using 40 cases of 20 lb paper (1 ton):<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>0% Recycled <\/strong><\/td><td><strong>80% Recycled<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wood Use<\/td><td>3.99 Tons<\/td><td>0.798 Tons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total Energy<\/td><td>25.5 million BTUs<\/td><td>17.4 million BTUs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GHG<\/td><td>14,000 pounds CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;<\/td><td>7,590 pounds CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Water Usage<\/td><td>21,400 gallons<\/td><td>19,900 gallons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Solid Waste<\/td><td>1,110 pounds<\/td><td>1,050 pounds<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How To Find Impact of Recycling Office Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">If using 40 cases of 20 lb paper (1 ton):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landfilling 40 cases = 1.13 MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = 0.47 Million BTU  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recycling 40 cases = (2.86) MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = (10.08) Million BTU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">If using 4,000 cases of 20 lb paper (100 tons):&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landfilling 4,000 cases = 100.13 MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = 47.0 Million BTU            &nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recycling 4,000 cases = (286.00) MTCO<sub>2<\/sub>E = (1,008.00) Million BTU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\"><strong>Acerca de Soluciones de Econom\u00eda Circular<\/strong><\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las pr\u00e1cticas de econom\u00eda circular se centran en la eliminaci\u00f3n de residuos, la conservaci\u00f3n de materiales y la regeneraci\u00f3n de los sistemas naturales. MiSBF apoya estas pr\u00e1cticas porque reducen la dependencia de los vertederos, disminuyen el impacto ambiental y fortalecen la resiliencia empresarial, a la vez que generan valor para las comunidades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/circular-economy\/#sustainablematerials\">Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre las soluciones de econom\u00eda circular aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item\"><details><summary class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__title\"><strong>Other Resources<\/strong><\/summary><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-accordion-item__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/misbf.org\/es\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/chemical-recycling-in-michigan-background-information-for-sustainable-business-leaders\/\" title=\"Chemical Recycling 101: What Sustainable Business Leaders Need to Know About Chemical Recycling in Michigan\">Chemical Recycling 101: 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