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Thirty Five Ways to a Greener Workplace

Save money and help the environment reduce your consumables and hence your bills, reuse where possible and get more for your money and at the end of their lifespan re-cycle them and get money back for yourself or for a charity.

1. Turn off PCs overnight

2. Switch off monitors don't leave them on standby

3. Use an electric kettle for drinks that shows how much water is in there and only boil as much as you need

4. Have cups, mugs and glasses that can be reused instead of plastic ones that are thrown away

5. Re-cycle paper and save on your waste disposal costs

6. Don't print e mails

7. E mail don't fax

8. Print double sided and reduce your paper consumption by half

9. Use re-cycled paper products - these take half the energy to manufacture

10. Re-cycle ink cartridges.- large quantities can be sold to re-cycling companies, large and small quantities can be sent to charities so they can raise funds

11. Re-cycle mobile phones - again these can be sent to many charities to raise funds

12. Change your mobile phones less often

13. Open a window instead of turning on the air conditioning

14. Open a blind instead of turning on the lights

15. Turn the heating down 1 degree

16. Turn down the thermostat on hot water heaters

17. Dress for the outside weather

18. Don't leave lights on overnight

19. Switch the heating off over the weekend and at night

20. Put a timer switch on photocopiers so they do not run at weekend and overnight

21. Put a timer switch on vending machines

22. Fit low energy light bulbs

23. Turn off lights in toilets, kitchens and meeting rooms when they are not in use

24. Use environmentally friendly cleaning products

25. Change your electricity supplier to one that uses renewable energy sources

26. Buy sturdy files that can be re-used

27. Buy refillable pens not disposable biros

28. Hold meetings in a place accessible by public transport

29. Consider video conferencing instead of a meeting

30. Reduce the size of your company cars

31. Change your company cars less often

32. Don't leave mobile phone chargers plugged in when you are not charging your phone - they still use energy

33. Buy rechargeable batteries

34. Source products and services from local suppliers

35. Work from home where possible and cut down on travel