Sustainability

          As a Graphic Designer, you can eradicate irresponsible paper usage totally with some cautious, thoughtful, and conscious decisions on how you use it. You should possess the conservational mentality as the Native Americans did with buffalo, so to speak; using every piece of the animal for their survival. With design it's very much the same thing, although its more about effectiveness than survival.

In any case, 10 ways Graphic Designers can use paper more efficiently:

1. Use printers specific to the print job.

2. Create a smaller, but still communicatively effective, design for a job/project.

3. Don't print unless it is the absolute final job/project.

4. Utilize the excess paper used for previous projects as scrap or as towards the next project.

5. Use both sides of the paper for any job/project if printing a design, or preparing for a design and sketching 

    ideas.

6. Keep the size of the paper proportioned to the design if possible.

7. Use cheaper paper for drafts or sketches. ( i.e Newsprint)

8. Brainstorm fully on a sheet of paper. Fill a paper completely before contemplating disposal.

9. Find multiple uses for paper before you actually use a paper. (Plan for failure)

10. Hone your skills before you start your job as a Graphic Designer! Make yourself as inexpensive as possible when it comes to resources being bought for you. (If you suck as a designer don't design)

A design that is environmentally responsible is the "Green" Pizza Box.

Literally transformed into a device that still functions as an effective holder to pizza, but each piece of the box is designed to serve multiple purposes geared to preserving the earth and being eco-friendly.