Greening the Office

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Joyce Benson   4 Comments |
Tag(s): Events, Going Green, Greening the Office, Kitchens And Baths

There are many ways to start making your office more eco-friendly. Easy things to do include:

  • recycling
  • sending emails rather than paper memos
  • using washable coffee mugs, kitchen utensils & dishes
  • purchasing recycled-content office paper
  • stocking the restrooms with recycled paper products & green cleaning products
  • printing business cards and promotional materials on recycled-content paper printed with soy-based inks
  • buying Energy Star rated office equipment
  • furnishing your office with sustainable furnishings and finishes
  • The Green Office is hosting a “Greening Your Office 101″ webinar on October 15. It’s also a great resource to find all kinds of green office supplies
  • You can download a free copy of Green Office Guide from Sustainable Industries at this link.
  • Another invaluable resource for an extensive array of office supplies and equipment is Green Earth Office Supply
  • Green Office Supplies buys and sells supplies for copiers, printers, & fax machines at reasonable prices
  • Naked Binder creates binders made from post-consumer recycled waste.  The company is also a member of 1% For the Planet.
  • Sustainable Group offers products that are made from high-content recycled material, manufactured locally and are reusable and recyclable. The place for binders, labels, envelopes, folders & dividers, notebooks, CD cases, and even plant-based “plastic” badge holders
  • EcoBusiness Links Environmental Directory will help you locate all sorts of green office products from computer equipment to remanufactured toner cartridges
  • I have recommended the Greener Printer for all of your green printing needs and have recently come across Dolphin Blue for office printing needs as well
  • Nowadays, even the big box retailers like Office Depot, are offering some green products

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4 Responses to “Greening the Office”

  1. Sam Jones on January 6th, 2009 8:41 am

    Hi Joyce,

    I found your blog post on green printing very interesting and thought perhaps I could convince you to place my link on it.I am into green initiatives and am helping companies that deals with green products by introducing them to websites that promotes green initiatives,some details at http://sam.pubcon.in .In return they pay me some sponsorship with which I continue my green initiative work.

    Currently I am helping Bacchuspress.com(A Certified Green Printer in San Francisco Bay Area) which offers green printing services with reliability,experience,quality and economical pricing.

    I would appreciate if you can mention Bacchuspress in your great blog. I am sure your visitors will definitely find this website very interesting and will adopt a green measures in their printing process.

    Looking forward for your response.Have a nice day.

    Regards
    Sam Jones

  2. GreenGirl on April 28th, 2009 6:13 pm

    Thanks, Joyce. Great tips for greening the office! I would like add another — web conferencing. The very nature of web conferencing is eco-friendly, as there is no travel involved, but I’m personally impressed with one web conference provider in particular — iLinc and its Green Meter that actually calculates the energy saving based on where each participant is in the world and how much carbon it would have emitted into the atmosphere if all of these people had traveled to facilitator’s host city. It’s worth a look. They have a free trial you can get at http://www.ilinc.com/trial/index.php?lead_src=Cybermark

  3. Lisa on November 12th, 2009 3:47 pm

    Good article! I work for a great, green organization that provides bottle-less filtered water to companies. Check us out at watermatic.com and if you want more info or prices (way lower than coolers or bottles), email me at Lfleischman@watermaticcoolers.com. It’s healthier and greener and bosses love that it saves $$! Thanks! Looking forward to hearing from any of you!

  4. Printing services in Bay Area on August 30th, 2010 2:50 pm

    I really love all the tips and ideas that you’ve listed. I’ve been wanting to apply these same types of ideas to the office that I work at. If every office applied these same tips then the world would be a much better place.

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