Making the work place more green!

Making your place of work more environmentally-friendly can be a challenge. Here are some small steps that everyone can take, even when faced with a stubborn boss or backwards company policies. Be an eco-worker, as the Times calls it, and offer tips on how employees can begin making offices greener.

Start by doing simple things such as printing out less of those unnecessary documents from your computer and thus saving paper. Use remanufactured ink and toner cartridges from INK SOLUTIONS to save the office 30-60% off printing costs and it reduces the companies carbon footprint tremendously. Using remanufactured reduces waste and natural resources needed to be extracted from the Earth.

Wear a sweater-and turn the heat down. For every degree in reduced building temperature , cost is reduced and less carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere.

Turning off the computer at night saves energy. Some argue that turning it off and on wears out the components, but many companies buy new technology every few years in any case-before the computers can ever wear out.
Urge your company to buy recycled paper. The typical office worker goes through 10,000 sheets a year-that’s an eighth of a tree.

Check and see if your office uses fair trade coffees and teas.

Conference calls save time and fuel and energy, when appropriate.

See if your company has social responsibility as part of its corporate policy and in its annual report. Does it include measurable targets for improving green business practices.

Bring in some green to the office, really I mean it. Bring in some plants and place them around the office. It will improve everyones mood and gives the office a green more natural feel.

Find out if any printers in your office support duplexing (printing on both the front and back of the paper). It uses, as you would expect, 50% less paper than printing on one side of the paper!

Happy green printing everyone!