Protecting the environment and saving money at the same time through recycling non-biodegradable materials is a fun and easy task to do. You can get the your friends and family involved in this project and become advocates for living green. Exercise your creativity and resourcefulness by turning garbage into something functional! Here are some simple [...]
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Make your office green
No not literally, here are some energy saving tips to make your work space more ‘green’.
Green-Up Your Workplace
The office is full of energy wasting practices that add to the already existing greenhouse gases. There are ways you can reduce environmentally bad office practices and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Here are some of the hidden energy blunders and ways you can save energy and in turn, lessen the [...]
Going Green For Work
Here are some ways to go green in and around the workplace. 1. More Work, Less Energy- For most indoor workers the computer is the central device and settings can be optimised to save energy. Setting your computer to an energy saving setting and shutting them down over night and save a lot of power and [...]
Photocopier Paper Waste
Photocopiers are a well used piece of office equipment in many offices worldwide and with over use comes a huge amount of waste. Thousands of sheets of paper waste are produced on a daily basis, which adds to our large rubbish collection.
Office Uses For Old CDs
Computer programs, office files, and endless software- they are all stored in your office on a CD. They can soon pile up in the workplace and often; old disks and CDs are excess waste that adds to our landfill. Old CD’s are a waste that can be recycled and used for another purpose, rather than [...]
Cut Waste In Production
Many people don’t realise that the methods you use to produce products for your business will impact on the amount of waste you have. Whether you work outdoors or in a small office, there will be waste accumulated and the best way to combat this is to think of environmentally friendly production processes.
Printers and Fax Machines
Printers and Fax machines are used almost as much as computers and use just as much energy, meaning they also add a huge amount of power waste to our environment. To save energy, there are things we can do to make these pieces of office equipment more environmentally friendly.
CAVE
Every year businessmen/women fly all around the world to be in the same workplace as those they are doing business with. We spend thousands of dollars and time on flights across the globe (not to mention add carbon footprints) for something we can replicate here.
Photocopiers
Most busy offices will have big photocopy machines lurking in the corner. Whilst they can be useful for a fast paced organization, they use a lot of energy which has an impact on our environment.