Lawmakers discuss whether to cut down on print-outs

Politicians are discussing whether to go green, and to reduce the amount of paper used in parliament. A parliamentary committee is discussing whether to present MPs with the proposals and documents they are set to discuss in an electronic format, rather than on paper. It is thought that each document set for discussion in parliament is printed between 240 and 380 times. Furthermore, a document such as the recent public finance reform proposal comes in at over two kilograms in weight. Last year, it is thought that the Czech parliament spent nearly 640,000 CZK (40,500 USD) on paper. The proposal to make all documents available over the parliamentary intranet, however, still needs to be approved by lawmakers, and could only be implemented in four months time at the earliest.