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Reducing paper use

Awarded to individuals or organizations that are implementing methods into operations to reduce, minimize or eliminate the use of paper. Examples: digital forms used for contracts, e-mailing rather than mailing business messages, installing cloth hand towel dispenser, all recycled paper used in practice, etc...


Green Directory clients that have been awarded the Reducing paper use badge.

Big Sky Cleaning Products
We recycle paper wherever and whenever we can, especially in shipping,
using recycled paper products and we supply microfiber products which
eliminate the use of paper towels for cleaning.
Jacque Lorang - Billings Real Estate Professionals
Uses electronic filing whenever possible.
Nature Energy Universe Celebration
Telephone, electronic communication and web presence help us communicate without paper. Much of our printed material uses paper rescued from landfill. Newsprint products are recycled promptly. Regular whiteboard use keeps visuals information current without paper product use.
Wal-Mart
We use electronic filing for most paperwork, we shred used paper for recycling.
Audible Imagery Design
Much of our work is done electronically.
The S.A.V.E. Foundation
We use an electronic filing system, and circulate documents electronically whenever possible.
Tatooine Electronic Systems
Office uses electronic filing for most business operations.
Conflict Alternatives
We recycle, scan and electronically file and circulate documents electronically as possible.
KB Commercial Products
We supply and use Georgia Pacific paper products, the industry leader in reduced use design in their dispensers for restrooms.
Big Sky Virtual
Electronic filing of documents, online processing payment method coming soon!
PrintingForLess.com
By using top-grade paper with highly-trained press operators, we have considerably reduced the number of test sheets needed to run through the presses as we set up your printing project, thus reducing the amount of paper required.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yellowstone County
We have converted our intake process to electronic forms thus reducing paper usage. We also wrote a grant to the Riverside Optimists and they funded laptops so we could take match notes on site instead of writing them on paper and entering them later.
KBS Computer Solutions
We are completely digital, from our techs having all the customer's "paperwork" done digitally on tablets, to remote access repairs. We also print very little!
RC Aerial Imaging
We use the internet to send almost all of our work, eliminating a paper trail.
CTA Architects Engineers
We recycle the majority of our paper, when possible we send out cd's of specs and drawings to clients rather than printing 20 or more hard copies. Also, all printer and copier paper we purchase is high in recycled content. All printers are automatically set up to print double sided.
Earth First Aid
We recycle every piece of paper we come into contact with. We reuse paper every day. We buy 100 percent recycled paper. We have eliminated envelopes from our billing process. We pay bills online. We try and use washable and reusable rags as much as possible.
V2 Design Inc.
Reduce our waste by reusing paper and then recycling of it. Paper is our greatest generator of waste.
The Outpost
Most of our ad proofs are now sent by e-mail, rather than being printed out.
Woof This Way
Reuse scrap paper for notes and other uses such as marking the incoming animals belongings.
Habitat for Humanity - ReStore
In the ReStore we use paper with one side used for scratch paper, writing on the clear side.
Catch & Release Graphics
We have turned into an entirely paperless design studio. All estimates, invoices, bills, receipts, proofs, projects, and portfolio pieces are handled and filed digitally. What little paper we might use is for note-taking and is of 100% recycled stock. We reuse it as much as possible before placing it in recycling. We have a studio printer but is very rarely, if ever, used.
Allied Engineering Services
We have reduced our paper use and have a system to save documents electronically
Anderson Cleaning Service
We have recently went to electric invoicing and e-faxing. We try very hard to use e-mail and the phone for business communication.
Energy Efficient Group
The majority of our business is done digitally, with e-mails, text messaging, and phone calls. The bottom of our e-mails say "please only print this if you need to."
Connoisseur Media
We reuse paper that would otherwise be thrown away for notepads and other uses. Paper that can no longer be used is recycled.
Best Western Clock Tower Inn
We do a majority of our business digitally, printing is a last resort. Reusable cloth towels are used for cleaning instead of paper.
Brilliance Incorporated
We limit paper volume via email, phone, and websites. We advertise the website directly on our product. This minimizes the need for paper advertising.
Pierce Flooring & Design
We are working very hard at not wasting paper. We try and reuse the paper on the back side etc.. instead of throwing it away. Also, we try not to print out every email that comes through, instead saving them on the computer.
Shaklee Independent Distributor Megan Richert
All of the ordering, product guides and demonstrations are online and don't require paper.
Shaklee Independent Distributor Debbie McLarnon
All of the ordering, product guides and demonstrations are online and don't require paper.
Bosco Powder Coating
E-mail invoices and estimates, reuse both sides of paper and create notepads out of one-side used pieces of paper.
Dynamark Security Center
Offers auto-pay with credit card that requires no paper
Action Electric
Some clients who request it, receive electronic billing statements.
Planet Beach
All company information, product information and employee training is all web-based and does not require paper. We also use both sides of paper before recycling.
Anytime Fitness - West End
All billing is done through auto-pay electronically; all of our communication between offices is done through e-mail.
Billings Insulation Service
We encourage and use electronic files for invoicing, estimates and blueprints.
Anytime Fitness - Downtown
All billing is done through auto-pay electronically; all of our communication between offices is done through e-mail.
Anytime Fitness - Heights
All billing is done through auto-pay electronically; all of our communication between offices is done through e-mail.
Black Dog Furniture
The majority of our daily operation is paperless. email or phone is used for all communications. Documents are converted to PDF and emailed. All utilities are paid via electronic bill-pay.
Avanta Federal Credit Union
We have all of our forms available in digital file giving our employees the ability to print as they go. All of our employee training is done through Cueu, which is digital and doesn't require paper.
OSP Enterprises
We are using electronic forms for client filing and re-use paper scraps by stapling them together for notepads.
Green Directory Montana
We do a majority of our work online, with an online office for team members and most interactions done through e-mail. We also recycle paper and re-use old papers for notepads.
Express Employment Professionals
We use e-mails for a majority of communication
Conrad and Brown
We use electronic filing whenever possible and communicate using e-mails.
Laura Odegaard & Ryan Thomsen
Encourage clients to use e-mail for communication.
Renu
E-mail newsletter instead of paper, and a website that has more information.
Western States Insurance
We are moving towards electronic filing as much as possible in our business operations. Our e-mails encourage the recipient to "only print if absolutely necessary."
Bozeman Green Build
We would rather use email and the phone then a fax.
Tradia Montana
We use e-mail, digital files, and scanning.
Wingate by Wyndham Bozeman
We use e-mail, digital files, texting and scanning.
Bridger Bowl
We have a comprehensive website for information pertaining to our organization, and we use alot of digital options such as email.
Field of Dreams
We strive to use e-mail and web based communication as much as possible.
Big Sky Town Center
Over the past few months we have developed an extensive e-mail list to inform the community about news, events and updates about Big Sky. We have online coupons from businesses in the Big Sky Town Center.
Natural Capital
We have a comprehensive website for information about our company, and invested in a high speed scanning system. We use digital options such as email for a majority of our communication.
Fill the Gap, Inc.
We reduce paper use through recycling and making choices that don't involve using materials such as paper. PDF documents and e-documentation go a long way today. Fill the Gap does provide final printed reports to customers as the reports are important documentation for the building owners whoever that is.
We Trade Network
We encourage our membership to allow us to not send them paper statements (saving paper), we use recyclable materials whenever possible. We're getting dry erase boards built into our new desks which will cut down on paper use.
Morrison-Maierle Systems Corp
This is what we help our clients do more in their business. We use e-mail, scanning, back-ups, secure files sharing and websites as avenues to reducing paper use.
Transtech Data Center - Parsec Data Management
We use little or no paper in all of our operations, the majority of communication is digital.
Replica Business Solutions
We introduced the industry's first "Sustainability Calculator" to help our customers estimate the environmental footprint of their office printing, which has helped them reduce on average 20 to 30 percent of their related energy, greenhouse gas and solid waste.
Equus & Paws, L.L.C
I have an e-newsletter that goes out to customers instead of printing out paper and sending in the mail. We keep an updated website as well
Ghost Writers in the Big Sky
By creating e-books, the books are paperless and accessible world wide to a much larger audience. And an e-book lasts as long as the internet exists.
Stewart Title Company
We use a program called Sure Close that logs all files electronically. We also make an effort to use email and e-fax as much as possible. Additionally, we give our customers the option to receive their documents on a CD instead of on paper.
Western Awards and Engraving Co., Inc.
We use email and e-invoicing.
Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Password protected page on website for commuicating with musicians
Online Books, Inc.
We have a paper less system that allows regular faxes be turned into digital files, and also accepts digital documents via e-mail.
Billings YMCA
We use alot of email, class schedule online and e-newsletter.
Jacque Lorang - Billings Real Estate Professionals
Uses electronic filing whenever possible for an example, email, e-fax, and e-form.
Sanctuary Spa & Salon
We have converted 75% of paper products into electric files and e-communication. All employees now have email addresses for communication in the salon and also we have collected e- mail addresses from clients to communicate with them either it be Happy Birthday emails, event notices or special offers.
The Art of Good Food, LLC
We use minimal paper in our operations. Most business conducted by phone and email.
Lowe Homes
Most transactions are done via email, hardly any paper is used.
Home Builders Association - Great Falls
auto deposit, alot of email, we have hand towels that are washed once a week
Maid To Shine Cleaning
Micro fiber rags instead of paper towels
CatTamboo Toys
Cat Tamboo is predominantly an online business. We had a physical location on Grand Avenue where Strictly Feline was once located, but we trading the traditional manufacturing model for one that would empower people to work from the comforts of their own home.
The Pita Pit
All of our containers for food are made out of sugar cane fiber, which is a waste product from making sugar. No trees where harmed in the making of our take-out boxes.
Yellowstone Basin Inn

  • most communication is via email ;
  • use both sides of recycled office paper;
  • use cloth towels instead of paper
Montana Timber Products
Montana Timber Products is a paperless company, unless paper is specifically requested from our customers.
Joy2U
My office is nearly paperless. My goal for 2011 is to scan all archive materials worth keeping and recycling all paper files. I reuse all possible boxes, bags and containers.
Fordham Sonographics, Inc.
All of our invoices are emailed, unless specified by our customers to have a paper invoice sent to them. Most of our office paperwork is done on computer, reducing our office paper usage.
Livingston Kite Company
E-mail of in-store retail receipts offered before printing them. Use of recycled paper towels in the restroom (Seventh Generation brand towels).
Human Empowered Arts Project
All of HEAP Bozeman's correspondence and information is completed over email or via our website. Our business cards are made by taking post-consumer products (paper, cardboard) and stamping our logo onto it. Promotional materials are printed on recycled paper.


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