Ways to Go Green at Work.
- Make it a habit to turn off the lights when you're leaving any room for
15 minutes or more and utilize natural light when you can.
- Print on both sides or use the back side of old documents for faxes,
scrap paper, or drafts. Avoid color printing and print in draft mode whenever
feasible. Buy chlorine-free paper with a higher percentage of post-consumer
recycled content.
- Think before you print: could this be read or stored online instead?
- Recycle toner and ink cartridges and buy remanufactured ones.
- Shred old paper to use as packing material, and save and reuse old boxes.
- If you don’t have a recycling station at work for paper, magazines, cans,
bottles, etc, get a few bins and post recycling guidelines above them.
Send company updates through email instead of on paper
- Get your check directly deposited.
- Bring your own mug and dishware for those meals you eat at the office.
- Get a plant and place it on or near your desk - plants absorb indoor
air pollution and increase the flow of oxygen.