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: