Office of Environmental Sustainability

Joint Advisory on Double-Sided Print for Student Submission


24 February 2010
To: NUS Faculty, Staff Members and Students

Advisory

 
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NUS recognises the environmental impact of high paper consumption which contributes to deforestation and waste production. Deforestation is a major cause of global GHG emissions, especially in Southeast Asia where the forestry sector contributes a significant share of the region's GHG emissions.
 
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As a leading university in Asia, NUS plays a key role in sustainability efforts and is committed to minimising paper usage on campus. As one of the first steps towards sustainable resource management, the University would like to set a common standard for all assignments in the University to be submitted either electronically or on double-sided print. Thus, we would like to encourage double-sided submission to be set as a condition by lecturers for future submissions and for all students to submit their assignments (including theses) on double-sided print or electronically, whenever possible.
 
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However, the University recognises the need for single-sided print under certain conditions. These could be specified by the lecturer, and should be an exception rather than the rule.
 
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To assist students in double sided printing, the computers in NUS libraries and printing centres have been set to default double-sided printing. For students who print from home and have printers that lack the duplex function, a short "Guide to Printing Double-sided Manually" is available here.
 
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For suggestions and feedback, please contact NUSSU SAVE at nussu.save@gmail.com.
 
6.   Together, we can help reduce NUS' paper usage and our impact on the environment.
 
7.   Thank you.

Mr Joseph Mullinix, Deputy President (Administration)
Prof Daniel Chan, Associate Provost (Graduate Education)
Prof Bernard Tan, Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education)
Office of Environmental Sustainability
National University of Singapore Students' Union (NUSSU)
NUSSU Students Against the Violation of the Earth (SAVE)
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