Go Paperless Calculator
Calculate how much money and how many trees you can save by reducing or eliminating paper printing.
Paperless Savings
Going paperless saves money and trees:
Annual Pages = Pages per Month × 12
Annual Cost = Annual Pages × Cost per Page
Trees Saved = Annual Pages / 8,333
Cost per page breakdown:
- Paper only: $0.01–0.02/page
- Ink/toner: $0.05–0.10/page
- Total (paper + ink): $0.06–0.12/page
Tree facts:
- One tree produces approximately 8,333 sheets of paper
- The average US office worker uses 10,000 sheets/year
- That is more than one tree per person per year
Additional savings from going paperless:
- Reduced printer maintenance
- Less storage/filing space needed
- Lower electricity costs
- Faster document retrieval