Paper costs and carbon footprint reduction targets

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Dear Enfield Council,

I am currently compiling data on the cost to both the environment and expenditure on the use of paper.

I would be grateful if you can give me information on the following:

1) The total amount of reams of paper used by the authority in the last 12 months
2) The amount of expenditure on printing, photocopying, and consumables for internal purposes. We are not interested in the amount of expenditure for printing of publications for external use.
3) The amount of recycling of paper from your offices.
4) Does the local authority have a target to reduce the use of paper - if so what is the current progress?
5) Does the local authority have a target to reduce their carbon footprint - if so what is the current progress?

Yours faithfully,

A R Shaw

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Dear A Shaw

 

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Enfield.

 

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Dear A Shaw,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. I am sorry for the
delay in responding to you. I can confirm that this information is held by
the London Borough of Enfield. Please find below our responses to your
questions.

 

 1. The total amount of reams of paper used by the authority in the last
12 months

 

The service used 5,385 reams of paper of different GSM, finish and colour
 in SRA3, A3 and A4 sizes.

 

 2. The amount of expenditure on printing, photocopying, and consumables
for internal purposes. We are not interested in the amount of
expenditure for printing of publications for external use.

 

Oct-March 2017 April- Sep 2017 Total
(Oct 2016 to Sep 17)
Printing 270,920.00 201,151.22 472,071.22
Photocopying 306,030.00 328,464.18 634,494.18
    576,950.00 529,615.40 1,106,565.40

 

 

3) The amount of recycling of paper from your offices.

 

Jan 16 to Dec 16 = 65.87 tons

Jan 17 to Oct 17 = 43.56 tons

 

4) Does the local authority have a target to reduce the use of paper - if
so what is the current progress?

 

No target

 

5) Does the local authority have a target to reduce their carbon footprint
- if so what is the current progress?

 

The Council has a carbon reduction target of 60% by 2025 compared to a
2008/09 baseline. We have currently reached 45% which has exceeded our
previous 40% carbon reduction target by 2020.

 

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