Eco Tips: How to green your office environment
The office environment is the perfect opportunity to start making your surroundings a more eco-friendly one. Do you recycle and strive to live a greener life at home? Here is a quick guide to get your office environment on the same track. A few simple steps can make a large impact on the conservation of our eco-system.
- Empower yourself by working from the bottom-up, do some research on how recycling and saving energy can help the company with financial gain.
- Conserve energy with your devices. Switch off your PC when you head home or place it on sleep mode, instead of using a screen saver, when you are away from your desk. Propose using energy-saving computers, screens and printers.
- Unplugging all electronic devices when not in use will prevent phantom power usage. Disconnect battery chargers when full.
- Reduce your printer usage by printing double sided, refilling ink cartridges and only printing important documentation.
- Go paperless around the office as much as possible. Review documentation on screen and send company updates and memos via email. Remember to recycle the discarded paper.
- Get your colleagues to join in on the recycling and eco-friendly efforts.
- Take packed lunches or take turns with co-workers to make lunches, this will be healthier and plastic containers are re-usable.
- Decorate the office and your desk with indoor plants; the plants will absorb polluted indoor air.
Now that you have a few tips on how to make your office a greener environment, spread the word!