| Canon UK launch Eco Partnership with Kings Meadow Primary School | | Print | |
| Written by Jane Ogden Smith |
| Wednesday, 09 June 2010 17:21 |
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Kings Meadow Primary in Haddington is pursuing its third Eco-Schools Green Flag award in a novel way. It has teamed up with Canon UK to reduce photocopying and paper use in the school, using Canon’s PrintSmart technology. King’s Meadow Primary has set itself the following targets for 2010/11. They hope to achieve: a 40% reduction in paper use a 30% reduction in photocopying a 50% reduction in printer cartridge use.
The PrintSmart project is being rolled out across all council offices and schools. The Kings Meadow Green Team (pupils at the school of all ages who work together to promote green projects) hope that achieving the 40% paper use reduction at the school will make a sizeable contribution to the council-wide target of saving 1,440 trees through reduced use of paper this year. The school will also be making a considerable financial saving and using less electricity too.
The school had around 20 different printers up until May this year, when they were all replaced with one Canon PrintSmart multi-function printer. The Green Team are encouraging staff and pupils to think whether photocopies are always the answer. Kings Meadow has been at the forefront in introducing innovative IT projects, for example, their NetBook project, so pupils already have the resources and skills to learn online and share information electronically. The new PrintSmart printer: has a default setting that is double-sided, black-and-white printing – less paper and no accidental colour-printing has secure printing or pull-through printing (this is done by card readers) – preventing accidental printing and providing better confidentiality cuts down number of printers – reducing carbon footprint has send-to-me scanning feature - reduces paper use has Energy-Start rating – this reduces energy consumption – you don’t have to do anything, not even switch it off.
If Kings Meadow achieves their target, Canon will make them a cash award. The school intends to give a part of this to Ruhanga School in Rwanda, which Kings Meadow has twinned itself with. The whole school will be involved in deciding whether this aid will take the shape of a new teacher, training for teachers or waterholes and sanitation. Brian Smith, Depute Headteacher at Kings Meadow Primary, says:
‘We’re delighted to be working with Canon on this. We’ve been keen supporters of the national Eco Awards scheme and are very proud of our two Green Flags, which are the highest awards you can get. We think that the PrintSmart project fits the Eco Awards criteria nicely. And if we do achieve our targets, it will be lovely to be able to contribute to Ruhanga School too. We’re definitely going to give it everything we’ve got.’ James Grace, Head of Public Sector Sales – Regional Teams, Canon (UK) Ltd, says:
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