The average office worker uses 10,000 pieces of paper year. You can cut that amount in half simply by always copying or printing on both sides of the paper. Set your copies and printers to default to duplexing. When you assign papers, request that students write or print on both sides if their printer has a duplexing unit.
Make a “Paper Police” badge and regularly send students to the office to act as “paper police”. If they see that someone has forgotten one of the tips, they can remind that person to do it in the future. Students love to chide adults. Watch how quickly staff adapt to the new paperless office rules. You can find more ideas for how to reduce paper use by doing an online search of “paperless office” and by visiting www.reduce.org