Top Tips to Improve Recycling in Your Office

Recycling has become a very popular subject over the past number of years and more and more of us are doing our bit to help. Many people are now starting to recycle efficiently in their own homes but what about when they are at work?

Many offices up and down the country have hundreds of employees working in them 5-6 days a week. This can create a substantial amount of waste products including:

• Empty Ink Cartridges
• Waste Paper
• Food Packaging.
• Plastics – Unwanted pens and calculators.

The waste produced can cause a big problem as most of it will go to landfill sites which will take a long time to break down. Whilst at landfill these waste products will also create high levels of CO2 which is dangerous to the environment. There are however many things we can do to make sure that we limit the amount of waste that goes to landfill.

Get recycling bins for your office
It is important to get the right bins in place throughout your office. Having these in place will ensure that your employees correctly dispose of waste without fuss.

One of the main reasons for poor recycling is not having the correct tools close to hand so by placing plastic, paper and ink cartridge bins in offices instead of waste baskets you will stand a better chance of workers using them.

Re-use waste items
Items such as waste paper can be re-used instead of just being thrown away. If you have paper that has been incorrectly printed you can simply use the blank side to write notes. This is such a simple way to avoid unwanted waste and every office needs scrap paper to write a quick note on.

Refill your ink cartridges
Refilling your used ink cartridges can not only save the planet but also your money. Instead of simply throwing away your old ink cartridges away once empty why not take them to a specialist re-filler who will be able to supply you with just the ink at a lower cost than buying the whole unit again. Alternatively you could recycle your old cartridges and make sure that you purchase only recycled ink cartridges in the future.

Recycling efficiently within your office is a simple thing to do once you have things in place. Be sure to replace all of your existing waste bins with recycling ones, these can be purchased at a very small cost and can be set up to provide multiple recycling solutions.
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