Copy on both sides of paper.The average office worker goes through 10,000 sheets of paper a year.
When a company with 100 people “duplexes,” it saves more than 50 trees annually.
Photocopy sustainablywith paper made from postconsumer recycled content.
Go for filtered, not bottled H20,and keep a cup at your desk.
Producing bottled water requires as much as 2,000 times more energy than using the tapnever mind the plastic bottles!
At night, power off.
The emissions reduction is equal to replacing six standard lightbulbs with compact fluorescents.
Stock certified bird-friendly javain the break room.
And they’re shade-grown, so they won’t harm the habitats of threatened animals such as migratory birds.
Research composting programsin your area to discover how to get your company’s cafeteria involved.
(Search “composting” atEPA.gov.)
Food scraps account for 12.5 percent of U.S. trashgarbage that could be turned into soil-nurturing compost.
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