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College’s paper initiative supports sustainable printing

February 25, 2020

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Johnson County Community College is thrilled to announce the College is using recycled paper for all campus printing!  

A multiyear sustainability initiative sparked a collaboration between JCCC’s Center for Sustainability and Document Services, a full-service document preparation, production and distribution facility located on campus. Document Services now uses at least 30% post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled paper for its printing. Expanding on this initiative, all copy paper used in every JCCC office is now 100% recycled!   

Another way the College supports sustainability efforts is by reducing its total paper usage. Ahead of trends, PaperCut was implemented across campus a decade ago. PaperCut allows students to print 100 free black-and-white copies per semester. After that, students are asked to pay 10 cents per single-sided page. Before this program, students were not limited on how much they could print. PaperCut has been largely problem-free and has helped the College save literally truckloads of paper.

Find out about more environmentally friendly ideas at the JCCC Center for Sustainability and check out why the Sierra Club thinks we’re cool!

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