Unique Home Office

Going ‘green’ in the office isn’t just a trend anymore. It’s a growing policy that’s being implemented into more and more offices nationwide.  But going green doesn’t stop at recycling bins and buying recycled paper. Here are three unique ways your office can be green:

1. Battery Recycling-Disposable batteries die about 4-5 times a year in a typical office which can amount to over 1,000 batteries filled with heavy contaminating metals thrown away each year. For less than $50 your office can purchase an iRecycling Kit from batteryrecycling.com that helps you safely dispose of your battery usage.

2. Paperless Filing-We are all getting used to saving files on our computer or network and emailing them to share them with colleagues. Now offices can fax directly from their electronic filing cabinet and even comment and annotate on files right from the web browser. Document Management software enables you to accomplish this and more.

3. Composting-Office plants that are outdated or dying can be recycled into compost. Start a composting program within your office and tell the plant watering girl not to throw away the table fern that didn’t get enough water last week as its leaves are great compost ingredients.

4. Letterhead Recycling- When your business logo changes, there’s no need to throw away the 10 boxes of unused letterhead and envelopes. One clever way of recycling paper is donating old and outdated letterhead to other businesses, schools, non-profits or clients. This letterhead can be used for printing on the backside and is great for scratch paper.