Eco Friendly Office

Whether you have a small or large office it is important to have an administritive plan in operation. Here we list the key elements to help reduce the cost of your office to the environment, and to your profits. Today it is often said that good environmental practice is also good business practice.

Get full staff commitment
Everyone from MD downwards needs top be fully committed to implement eco friendly office procedures. Put together an action plan at senior management level and cascade down to other members of staff. Send out an email for suggestions to help to try and get everyone involved.

Evaluate all business processes
Consider all the processes within the office and how you can reduce the environmental impact of these processes. Much of good environmental management is down to good housekeeping and common sense.

Be systematic
Aim for continual improvement within the processes. Assess where you are now, then plan what needs to be changed and how you are going to do it, monitor progress.

The obvious areas to green on are your company’s air-conditioning, lighting, water usage and transport systems.

Eco friendly office ideas

• Consider your company’s air-conditioning usage and simply by adjusting by a degree in right direction savings can be made without anyone noticing!

• Lighting, check that right type of energy saving bulbs are in use and that there is a notice or automtic timer to turn them off when the office is not used.

• Water usage, dripping taps cost money and precious resource, dishwashers may be overused, consider putting a procedure in place. Are duel flush toilets used?

• Transport systems

• Recylcing - paper, metal, cardboard, plastics, printer cartridges for a full list visit www.recycle-pla.net

• Business travel, consider using eco friendly cars and cut down on air travel by using a video conferencing application.

Other ideas
stapleless staplers, solar mobilephone chargers, water powered calculators, USB rechargeable batteries, sustainable storage solutions, wind up torches, wind up radios and computer energy savers that combine technology and sustainability.

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Ten Eco Friendly steps to keep in mind to help save our planet-

(1) Freecycle all your unwanted stuff instead of throwing it away. Join you local group for free at www.freecycle.org

(2) Wash you hands with cold water instead of waiting for the tap to start to run warm: save energy, water, time and money.

(3) Buy your own reusable bags for shopping or reuse the plastic bags that you already have.

(4) Boil only the amount of water that you need to drink and buy an Eco friendly kettle next time you replace yours.

(5) Sign up to a Mail and telephone preference service online to reduce junk mail and unwanted telephone calls.

(6) Leave the car at home for your next journey, consider walking, biking or public transport as an alternative.

(7) Avoid baths, take showers instead.

(8) Most newspapers are now available online, try using the service to help save trees.

(9) Turning your heating down just 1 degree will help save the worlds fuel and your money.

(10) Use eco friendly cleaning products, now available at most supermarkets.

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