167079 Resource 149176 155860 149257 1177350907957 1177365962652 Controlled Green Small Business: Becoming Environmentally Friendly, Part 2

Additional small business tips for having an environmentally friendly office

In the first part of this series we discussed some basic ways you can be environmentally friendly and help make your business a green one. Now we’ll take a look at a few additional things you can do to make a difference: Dam it up. Install displacement toilet dams in your toilet reservoirs. One way to do this is by placing one or two plastic containers filled with stones (not bricks) in the toilet’s reservoir. This will displace about 4 liters of water per flush, which adds up to a substantial reduction over a full year. Choose recycled products. When you shop for paper, choose a type that contains maximum available recycled content. When choosing a supplier, ask if they take back packaging for reuse, and then take advantage of the service. Awareness. Become more aware of “greener” products or services within your local community. The more you maximize local vendors or suppliers, the less energy is wasted when they make their deliveries to you. There are many resources available for small businesses or individuals who want to start running a more environmentally friendly household or home-based business. A quick search on the Internet can get you going. Here are a couple of sites that will give you a place to start: <UL> <LI><A href="http://www.greenbusiness.net/">http://www.greenbusiness.net/</A> <LI><A href="http://www.greenbiz.com/">http://www.greenbiz.com/</A> </LI></UL> 10 application/xml false becoming environmentally friendly environmentally friendly office green small business small business small business tips Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 cmalmstrom false true false false true 189572 false false true false false false true 149176 blog blogsite/FreedomVoice/web