October 5, 2008

Saving Money Around the Office

man holding earthShort list of ways to save money around the office and help save earth’s resources at the same time.

  • Turn off lights when not in the room. Particularly little used areas like meeting rooms, conference rooms, break rooms, empty offices.
  • Replace burnt out light bulbs with new compact fluorescents,
  • Use direct deposit.
  • Have recycle bins for most used items, aluminum, plastic, toner, cell phones.
  • Provide small recycle bins at each work station for paper.
  • Set your printers to draft mode for most paperwork.
  • Choose biodegradable supplies for the break rooms, paper plates over Styrofoam for instance.
  • Replace Styrofoam cups with reusable bottles.
  • Buy recycled paper.

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