JOIN THE "GREEN" PARTY:

4 Ways Your Office Can Help Save the Planet

Go Paperless

US companies spend more than$120 BILLION on printed forms

each year, most of which areoutdated in a few months.

The average office workerprints 10,000 sheets of paper

each year.

According to the Paperless Project, more than 300 million TONS ofpaper are produced in the world each year! Going paperless at the

office can make a GIANT impact on the environment!

* Statistics from The Paperless Project

Apps & a Product to Help Your Business Go Paperless

Evernote

Intuitive smart phone & desk top app

Create "notes" and quickly organizethem into "notebooks" that help youstay organized

Scan invoices and keep them alltogether, write to-do notes withalerts, or even save articles to afolder for later viewing

Integrated app allows you to forwarde-mails or attachments or imagesdirectly to the appropriate folder

Neat Doxie

Also an intelligent app you can usefrom any device

Can send invoices, receipts, ordocuments to your Neat account viayour phone, computer, scanner,tablet, or e-mail.

Neat extracts important data fromreceipts and documents to aid inorganization

Seamlessly integrates with popularaccounting and business software tosimplify workflow

Doxie sells some of the best small,portable, yet high quality scannerson the market

Line of scanners includes battery-powered scanners or wirelessscanners, and all of their scannersare lightweight & high tech

Scanners come with built-in memory& amazing software to help you keepyour scans organized

Recycle at work

30% of the massive amount ofenergy consumed by officebuildings in the US is used

inefficiently

80% of US workers polledbelieve it's important to workfor a company that values the

environment

In 2010 over 100 million TONS of waste was discarded by USbusiness locations. Much of that could have been recycled, which

would have made a huge positive impact for the environment.

* Statistic from recyclingatwork.org

Tips to Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle at the Office

* Statistic from the US EPA

Purchase large recycling bins andplace them in the main areas of theoffice: by printers, in eating areas, inshipping or receiving areas, etc.

Consider purchasing small recyclingcontainers for employee desks

Eliminate unnecessary reports

Don't use cover sheets on faxes

Share copies and don't make a copyfor every person

Collect paper that has been usedon one side and reuse for faxes, asdraft paper, for taking notes, etc.

Buy only printers that print on 2sides reliably

Buy Bamboo Furniture

Moso bamboo, used for furniture,is selectively harvested withoutdisturbing the grove, helping tostop deforestation. Bamboo alsoabsorbs nitrogen from the soil,helping to prevent soil erosion

and water pollution!

Bamboo is actually of the grassfamily, and grows ridiculously

fast - many species grow over aninch per hour! Because bamboois of the grass family, the stumpcan be left and will regrow again

and again, without the aid offertilizers of any kind!

Offices need furniture, and bamboo is one of the most sustainableresources on earth. If you have the option, buy bamboo!

* Statistics from Wikipedia's article on bamboo

Office Furniture You Can Buy in BambooBamboo is a great choice for furniture because its compressive strength

is greater than wood, brick, or concrete, and its tensile strength rivals steel

This sleek, 100%solid bamboo

office desk withcarmelized finish

and three self-closing drawers

will last fordecades and add

an elegant look toany space.

Desks

Conference Tables

This beautiful 84"conference table

offers a sleekexotic finish with

more thanenough space togather the troops

for a meeting.

Turn Stuff Off

This issue alone costs USbusinesses $2.8 BILLION each year

and adds over 15 TONS of CO2emissions!

Over 100 million PCs remain"on" overnight in US

workplaces, wasting preciousenergy.

Recent energy study: nearly half of US employees who use a PC do notshut it off at night! Turning off computers, copiers, lights, printers,

scanners, and other equipment can save massive amounts of energy.

* Statistics from environmentalleader.com

This infographic has been brought to you by OfficeDesk.com, a company passionateabout saving our planet (and helping you outfit your office with awesome furniture).

Our problem of wasted and diminishing resources is not one we should opine from thesideline, but one we should tackle head on, each of us doing our part to be good

stewards of our planet. Although US homes still have a long way to go, it seems theyhave sprinted ahead of US businesses in their willingness to act to make a positive

difference for our environment.

Going Paperless

Recycling at work

Buying bamboo office furniture

Turning off computers, lights, and other electronic equipment

Simple decisions can make a giant impact if businesses make "corporateresponsibility" not a catch phrase for their website but something that is

every bit as important as fiscal efficiency. Some of those simple decisionsinclude, but are not limited to: