What Can You Recycle Office

If you’re looking to become more eco-friendly in your daily
life, a great place to start is the spot where you’ll spend a big chunk of
that life – the office. There is a wide array of opportunity to get greener
when it comes to your office environment.

Looking to start becoming greener during your 9-5 existence? Here
are some tips to help out if you’re wondering, “What can I recycle in
the office?”

• Recycle your paper – and cut down on its
  usage. Encourage the recycling of paper at the office
  alongside means to cut down on its usage. This is one of the single biggest
  things an office can do to reduce their use of natural resources. Set up your
  printers to automatically have double-sided printing, and be sure to set up
  recyclable bins around every printer. Give every employee a recycling bin for
  paper if they don’t have one already. Along with this, be sure to encourage
  the use of email at every turn, and put signs up around your office printers
  that reinforce this idea. Remind your office about these efforts regularly.
  Work on digitizing archives, contracts, and other paper-heavy resources in
  the office, and set up systems to use digital copies going forward (rather
  than printed copies). Instituting these elements in the office will help your
  company save paper, save money, and save the environment.
• Recycle glass and bottles. Make sure
  common areas, break rooms, and lunch areas have resources for employees to
  effectively recycle their glasses and bottles after eating.
• Recycle miscellaneous office
  supplies. You never know what one employee might want to use!
  Instead of tossing out all of those old office supplies – from folders to
  pencil holders and binders – encourage employees to put them in a special
  section in the supply closet or a common area. Other employees in the office
  may find some use for them for their everyday activities. Along with that,
  they might find some use for them at home – old office supplies make for
  excellent new supplies for a kids’ school year, for example.
• Recycle batteries – Lots of machines
  around the office require batteries for their power. Employees may tend to
  toss old batteries away rather than recycling them. Set up special bins to
  collect old batteries, and put these bins in and around the areas where you
  may store fresh batteries. Remind employees of the battery-recycling efforts
  regularly.
• Computers, computer accessories, and
  electronics – These bulky electronics can pile up in an
  office, especially when you do a technology upgrade. Schedule a quarterly or
  monthly “electronic recycling day” for removing and
  recycling.

An office cleaning company or office cleaning service like Stratus
can provide the green cleaning
services – like recycling paper, glass, bottles, office supplies,
batteries, and electronics – that your company needs to be as eco-friendly as
it can be. Interested in seeing what we can do? Give us a call or drop us a
line!

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