Blog Action Day: Ways my workplace could help the environment
Today is Blog Action Day, and many popular blogs from around the world are taking the day today to post about environmental issues.
For my topic, I decided to talk about ways my workplace has adjusted to be more environmentally friendly, and how I think it could improve.
Ways my office is environmentally conscious:
- We use silverware
- We keep ceramic cups and mugs for employees to use
- We recently moved to a restored old building (instead of building new)
- We use an energy efficient refrigerator
- We did away with purchasing big jugs of bottled water and now use a brita water filter for tap water
- We recycle soda cans
- We are a web development company so we don’t use as much paper as other companies. Our timesheets are electronic, we communicate via AIM and email, our schedules are all electronic
- Our cleaning crew collects cans to donate the money from them to charity
Things my office still needs to improve:
- They still use paper towels
- They still use paper plates
- They use those little plastic straws for coffee
- They do use a notepad on occasion, but it’s rare I’m not sure how well I can count it
- They do print out quality copies of pages to review and send to clients, which can build up as far as paper usage. However these are on a wax printer, so I think that’s more environmentally friendly.
- They should use more eco-friendly cleaning products
- They order out a lot instead of bringing their own food in reusable containers
Things I’m not sure about:
- I don’t know if they use recycled paper, but they should
- I don’t know if they used recycled ink cartridges, but they should
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