You are "greener" too, just by visiting online classifieds websites, you are saving paper, rather than using traditional newspaper and tabloid classifieds printed on paper. Hey, papers are a great way to advertise but lets face it, most of what you get in that paper doesn't apply to you, and when you are done with it, it is waste. Online advertisements are published once and typically stay 'live' longer than paper based ads, which need to be reprinted to match the term of online ads, with papers coming out on a daily or weekly basis. (Incidentally, if you do pick up a newspaper or one of the many free adzines from the boxes scattered throughout the GTA, please remember to recycle!).
Our Green Strategies -- Try them for Yourself!
At our office the staff have the luxury of 'telecommuting' to work, that is they work remotely utilizing telephone and internet to communicate, thereby reducing carbon emissions (and traffic-- your welcome!) caused by driving to work.
Paperless Invoicing is another great strategy for reducing waste, therefore, to the greatest extent we can, we use email invoicing. Further to that almost all of our other communications are via email, eliminating the waste of paper-based correspondence.
We reuse, then recycle our paper. That's right! One-sided junk mail and office misprints are cut-up for note pads. When we're done, its into the blue box for recycling.
We wear sweaters! Don't laugh, by keeping the office a couple of degrees cooler in the winter, we are able to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions--every little bit helps! We also keep the lights off as much as possible, we are fortunate to have a big window in our little office!
Do you have some tips for green business? Let us know, we'll post the best of them here!
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