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Paper and supplies
8 ways to Green Your Paper and supplies
Buying green office supplies is getting easier all the time as office supply retailers increase their eco-friendly offerings.
Buy environmentally preferable copy paper
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Save a few trees (and more) by purchasing eco-friendly paper for the office. Your work mates won't know the difference but the planet will thank you.
Buy eco-friendly office paper products
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Please post this memo: Offices go through tons of paper products. By switching to greener options, workplaces can save trees and reduce the impacts from manufacturing virgin paper.
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From pens and paper clips to binders and scissors, find out how to green your office supplies. These earth-friendly products perform on the job and for the planet.
Avoid printing when possible
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Avoid paper use (and waste) altogether. With PDAs and computers you can now read e-mails, publications and other documents electronically.
Print on both sides of paper
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If you have to print at all, use paper that already has one side printed on, or if your printer will allow, print on both sides when using new paper.
Recycle your paper
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Limit the amount of paper that ends up in landfills and encourage the market for more recycled-content paper at the same time.
Reuse office paper
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Set up collection bins and then reuse various types of office paper to cut down on waste and save on the paper budget.
Choose alternative paper
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Tree-free papers still consume new resources (such as hemp and kenaf), but they do help preserve the planet's vital forests.
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10:59am
There is a growing green office movement online outside of the big box stores with places like Naked Binder offering 100% recycled and recyclable binders. Now with everything from chairs to pencils being recycled, it is easier than ever to green up an office.