How Green Is Your Office?

Great Green Ideas to for the Office.



1. Stop the flow of junk mail. Since catalogs and other mail sent to ex-employees tends to generate a lot of this annoying waste, check out the Ecological Mail Coalition, a nonprofit that maintains a database of terminated or transferred employees. Marketers, looking to save money by eliminating misdirected mail, compare their lists to the database and voila - junk mail reduced!



2. Add power strips, and use them. You already know to turn off computers, monitors and other equipment at night, but don’t forget about the power they use while you’re snug in your bed. So-called "vampire" power can account for 10% of total energy use, according to the U.S. EPA.



3. Cut down on business travel. Video conferences and web-based conferences have really come into their own. Services like Skype are now widely used, often replacing the need for business travel – even Oprah’s on-board!



4. Purchase refurbished printers and laptops. Not only do you save money but you are also reusing something and helping the planet.



5. Oh, don’t forget when you leave the office, to turn off the lights and lower the thermostat if you don’t have a programmable one!



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