Even if you're not interested in the positive environmental impacts; most of these tips will help you save money and/or become more productive too.
It’s not easy being green.
We all know Kermit the Frog’s lament, “It’s not easy being green.” While I can’t relate to the struggles of a small amphibian (and there aren’t any Martians around to ask), we’ll have to take Kermit at his word.
However, when it comes to being green environmentally, especially when it comes to your office equipment, it’s a lot easier to “be green.” I’d like to share some tips and strategies for environmentally friendly printing– and how you can recycle your office equipment.
Many roll their eyes at being environmentally conscious, maybe even thinking “This is business, there’s no need to worry about hugging trees in business.” When you combine the fact that going green from an environmental point of view will also add some “green” to your bottom line, I think everyone becomes a little more interested.
If green is important to your decision-making, here are a few ways that we go green and a few tips for “greening” your use of office equipment.
Even if you're not interested in the positive environmental impacts; most of these tips will help you save money and/or become more productive too. Whether you're interested in the environment, dollars and cents, or both – keep reading.
Let’s start off with printing and going green. When you do print, consider the following:
Of course, you should recycle your paper. You should also recycle your equipment itself as well as your toner cartridges.
Regarding your copiers and multifunctional printers, with a lease or rental agreement, we will pick up the equipment (and hopefully we'll be replacing that equipment with new as we continue our relationship!). If you own the equipment itself, we encourage you to have it removed to a recycling center that can break down complicated digital equipment, like computers and your copier, into component parts rather than dumping the entire device into a landfill.
On a related note, you will ALWAYS want to be sure that the copier's hard drive is wiped or digitally shredded as a matter of course for security and privacy issues before sending away for recycling (the hard drive on your copier is identical to the hard drive on a laptop or PC).
Also, recycling toner cartridges rather than throwing them away can add up to less waste in the landfill.
A few other thoughts on stretching out your green touch:
I hope you’ll take these tips and help both the environment and your wallet. And while I still can’t speak for Kermit, it’s at least a little easy to be green.