42 - Wednesday, July 22. 1992 ~ North Shore News

BUSINESS
Make your office green

ARE YOU looking for ways
to make your office more
environmentally friendly?

For a start, why not convince
your co-workers to photocopy on
both sides of the paper? You'll be
reducing the amount of paper you
use and you'll have taken the first
Step to ‘‘greening’’ your office.

But in the grand scheme of
things, will it really matter? Willa
few less sheets of paper make any
real dent in the world's colossal
wasle-papoer problem? You bet,
says Environment Canada.

Action by individuals cannot be
underestimated, says the depart-
ment, because individuals are now
acting together. Most Canadians
are, in fact, environmentally con-
scious, and will take action if
given the information on how to
do it.

There are some relatively casy
things you can do to make your
office environmentally friendly. In
the process, you'll save money.

Your morning coffee

Buy 2 mug. Disposable cups are
a ridiculous waste.

In fact, get rid of all
disposables, including throw-away
dishes and cutlery.

“Green”? the machine. Your
coffee machine should have a re-
usable metal or canvas filter. And
fill it from bulk packages of cof-
fee instead of buying a bunch of
small, wasteful packages.

Buy condiments in bulk. This
eliminates the need for wasteful
single-serving packages.

Down to paper work

Because of our seemingly
endless forests, we often take
paper for granted at the office.
But forests are a limited resource,
and the paper we toss ends up
somewhere: usually in garbage
dumps, which are being choked to
their limits.

In countless ways around the
office, you can help take the
paper-pressure off our environ-
ment — and save money in the
process.

Reuse envelopes and computer
paper, and use the back of
memos, letters and reports you
receive for fax cover sheets, or as
note paper.

Photocopy on both sides. Uf
your copier can’t print on both
sides, the copier company can
probably give it that capability.

Also, ensure that the copier is
maintained in good order, since
this saves paper. And try to recy-
cle the chemical containers.

Recycle. Start recycling pro-
grams for glass, tin and newspa-
pers, perhaps in cooperation with
other offices or with your

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municipality.

Bay recycled paper. This helps
support a market for your recycl-
ing program.

Ban non-recyelables. For exam-
ple: sticky notes, manila folders
with plastic tabs, and windowed
envelopes.

Edit on-sereen, This means
you'll print fewer drafts. Also,
learn how to use your software
for aborting print jobs, and for
printing single sheets.

Communicate with less paper.
Memos waste a lot of paper. In-
stead, print only one memo and
tack it on a central noticeboard.
Other tips:
- send by bicycle-courier instead
of car-couricr
- fax instead of sending by courier
- call instead of faxing

Donate documents. Give your

= 80286 processor ® 1MB RAM

and office
universities,
daycare

old reports, maps,
supplies to libraries,
public-interest groups,
centres and seniors’ homes.

Stop junk mail, Want your
name removed from at least half
the junk-mailing lists? Write to
the Canadian Direct Marketing
Service, 1 Concord Gate, Suite
607, Don Mills, Ontario M3C
3N6; Attention: Mail Preference
Services.

Ask to have your office's name
removed.

During Lunch

Use a microwave. It needs only
half the energy of a conventional
oven.

Use biodegradable, phosphate-
free dish detergent.

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credit card. Get an ap-
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Check the white pages for the Radio Shack store or participating dealer nearest you

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