Paper-free Hawaii

Thank you, Governor Ige, for taking a stand on something so obviously good for Hawaii's environment and our bottom-line: a paperless state government! Here at The Outdoor Circle we have made similar moves to reduce our costs and ecological footprint.  We 100% support the Governor's position and will help him implement it. 

In his State of the State address to the people of Hawaii in January, Governor Ige said: 

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I remember when I was in the Senate, we committed to going paperless and eliminating millions of unnecessary sheets of paper and its related costs. It was not an easy transition and it was tough to change the way we always did things for decades. But we did. 

As a result, the Senate generated more than $1.2 million in savings over two years. In the process, we saved nearly 8 million sheets of paper or the equivalent of 800 trees each year.

Can you imagine what we could do, if all of state government looked for these kinds of opportunities?

"For example, I am told that the state goes through about 1 million pages a month. That's about 12 million pages a year. A little effort could go a long way to alter that. A change in mindset could take us so much further. We must reduce the amount of paper we use every day."