Everyday we have our team leaders looking for new ways to conduct business while safeguarding our environment. It is a situation that concerns us and we continue to play an active role in conserving our resources.

Environmentally-Friendly Products
Apperson made a commitment to transition their most popular education OMR forms to 30% post-consumer recycled paper and uses paper that is purchased from Grays Harbor paper mill in Washington. This particular mill generates its own power from an energy-efficient turbine that uses wood waste to create steam that generates electricity and is certified as using renewable energy for its operations.

Recycling Programs
In our production facilities, we have a paper bailer that collects the scraps of paper from all print jobs that are produced in-house. All scraps of paper are compressed and sent to a nearby recycling center. The average weekly amount of paper recycled from our facility is 8,200 pounds, equivalent to more than 4 tons.

In addition, all offices have recycling centers set up so all employees have easy access to recycling their aluminum cans, plastic bottles, paper, etc.

Facilities
In 2007, Apperson focused on improving our facilities while at the same reducing the amount of energy we use in a year's time. We relocated 4 out of our 5 facilities nationwide into smaller, more space-efficient areas. There was a 25% reduction in our monthly utilities costs, shaving off a large portion of the energy used annually.

Operations
In 2003, Apperson purchased a software program called Liquid Office that permitted all internal communication and documentation to be done electronically. By utilizing this software, it significantly reduces the amount of paper being used for interdepartmental communications.