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10 Green Office Tips For Your Workspace

by Missy on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Whether your workspace is in a traditional office setting or you work from home, there are things you can do to go green. It has been declared, that “businesses produce 40% of the garbage in the US”. So it is high time that we try and do something about this mess.

Below are “10 Green Office Tips For Your Workspace“.

1.) Save Docs as PDF, avoid printing.

2.) Promote and Encourage Green.

3.) Reward Green.

4.) Buy Local.

5.) Use energy efficient electronics.

6.) Create a Recycling Program.

7.) Educate others on the subject.

8.) Have fun with Green, such as throwing a contest among co-workers for “the most energy saved”, “trees planted”, “volunteers hours accumulated”, “the most meatless meals consumed”, etc.

9.) Do some research, and loads of other earth friendly ideas will surface.

10.) Patronize socially responsible companies.

There you have it, 10 Green Office Tips For Your Workspace. What else? Do chime in below, in the comments section, and share your eco friendly office tips with us.

Do look at our Green Business category for more ideas and examples.

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  • Have you had a cool green contest in your workplace? Do share below, as i plan to write on this?

    Share yours below.
  • Thanks for the great advice!

    Another great way to create a green office environment is to use environmentally-friendly paper products, like Pendaflex Earthwise file folders. Check them out here: http://www.pendaflex.com/enUS/Home/default.html
  • Sheree
    At my office, most of us follow these "green" tips:

    1. Use a mug for coffee and a tumbler for water.
    2. At meetings, present on PowerPoint instead of passing out printed packets.
    3. Print on both sides of the paper.
    4. Instead of throwing out one-sided, non-confidential printed documents, use them as scratch paper.
    5. Use silverware instead of plastic utensils.
    6. Recycle empty, clean yogurt cups and use them for paper clips, staples, pens, etc.
    7. Don't use screensavers.
    8. Turn off bathroom lights when not in use.
    9. We have a mini-library where employees bring in magazines they've finished reading at home and we all share them during our lunch break. Old magazines are then recycled.
    10. We also recycle empty, clean Lean Cuisine type food trays for our maintenance guy to use when he does paint touch-ups.

    Hope this helps!
  • Nice! Thanxs for the additional tips. I practice #4 and #9 alot. Good tips. Thanxs!
  • Great tips, I've got some too!

    1 - turn off lights etc that aren't being used

    2 - reuse inkjet and laser printer cartridges

    3 - use recycled paper internally

    4 - use the right printer and paper for the job

    5 - reuse paper in the office - such as documents that didn't print as you'd hoped

    6 - use rewritable DVDs and CDs where possible

    7 - even better than rewritable discs, used memory sticks

    8 - use the right size envelopes

    9 - use technology to save paper where and when possible

    10 - buy your office furniture, catering supplies, office machines and stationery from the same supplier to save on delivery costs, and to reduce your carbon footprint.

    All can be found at http://www.BestBuyOfficeSupplies.com
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