{"id":539715,"date":"2010-04-22T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/11-really-simple-ways-to-go-green-at-your-office-and-save-money-too-2010-4"},"modified":"2010-04-22T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T15:18:00","slug":"11-simple-ways-to-go-green-at-your-office-and-save-money-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/539715","title":{"rendered":"11 Simple Ways To Go Green At Your Office (And Save Money, Too)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bcf34c57f8b9aef42cf0000\/heart-green-grass-earth-day.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"heart green grass earth day\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Going green&#8221; is becoming a way of life in many places. Your office doesn&#8217;t need to be an exception.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, it&#8217;s easy to integrate  some simple routines into your workday that will help lessen your impact on the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus: most of them will end up saving you money, too.<\/p>\n<p>From switching to non-disposable kitchen supplies (no more buying paper cups in bulk), to turning off lights whenever possible (lower electricity bills), these new routines will help you cut down on waste <em>and<\/em> your office costs.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/11-really-simple-ways-to-go-green-at-your-office-and-save-money-too-2010-4\/only-print-when-absolutely-necessary-1\">Click here to see 11 simple ways to go green at your office &gt;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-to-cut-your-tech-bills-2009-12\">How To Cut Your Company&#8217;s Tech Bills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/5-creative-ways-to-cut-your-office-space-costs-2010-4\">5 Creative Ways To Cut Your Office Space Costs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-10-tech-essentials-every-small-business-should-have-2010-4\">The 10 Tech Essentials Every Small Business Should Have<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Only print when absolutely necessary<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bcf3d267f8b9a806d000700-400-300\/only-print-when-absolutely-necessary.jpg\" alt=\"Only print when absolutely necessary\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mshades\/2419822505\/\">MShades<\/a> via Flickr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Choose eco-friendly office supplies &#8212; you can find green versions of many common ones, such as toner, ink, and lightbulbs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bcf3ddb7f8b9a144b6f0200-400-300\/choose-eco-friendly-office-supplies-you-can-find-green-versions-of-many-common-ones-such-as-toner-ink-and-lightbulbs.jpg\" alt=\"Choose eco-friendly office supplies -- you can find green versions of many common ones, such as toner, ink, and lightbulbs\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/calliope\/2665936868\/\">Muffet<\/a> via Flickr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Turn equipment off at night<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b985b507f8b9a316dd80700-400-300\/turn-equipment-off-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"Turn equipment off at night\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Recycle your old equipment and furniture instead of throwing them away<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bb4b0ae7f8b9a4541900200-400-300\/recycle-your-old-equipment-and-furniture-instead-of-throwing-them-away.jpg\" alt=\"Recycle your old equipment and furniture instead of throwing them away\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mandyxclear\/3461234232\/\">mandyxclear<\/a> via Flickr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Back up your data virtually &#8212; using options such as external hard drives or cloud computing &#8212; instead of on paper<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/9b37544ba018924903727400-400-300\/back-up-your-data-virtually-using-options-such-as-external-hard-drives-or-cloud-computing-instead-of-on-paper.jpg\" alt=\"Back up your data virtually -- using options such as external hard drives or cloud computing -- instead of on paper\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Upgrade your hardware components instead of getting completely new computers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b31334700000000005e9ccb-400-300\/upgrade-your-hardware-components-instead-of-getting-completely-new-computers.jpg\" alt=\"Upgrade your hardware components instead of getting completely new computers\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Be diligent about turning off lights when a room is not in use<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b3a4f78000000000032b52d-400-300\/be-diligent-about-turning-off-lights-when-a-room-is-not-in-use.jpg\" alt=\"Be diligent about turning off lights when a room is not in use\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Encourage telecommuting when possible<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b5f13310000000000ea6863-400-300\/encourage-telecommuting-when-possible.jpg\" alt=\"Encourage telecommuting when possible\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Use non-disposable kitchen supplies, such as coffee mugs and glasses, instead of plastic or paper<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/28b9b914c215e749f8aa2800-400-300\/use-non-disposable-kitchen-supplies-such-as-coffee-mugs-and-glasses-instead-of-plastic-or-paper.jpg\" alt=\"Use non-disposable kitchen supplies, such as coffee mugs and glasses, instead of plastic or paper\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Use daylight &#8212; instead of the office lights &#8212; whenever you can<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/87b9b914d747cd496d981a00-400-300\/use-daylight-instead-of-the-office-lights-whenever-you-can.jpg\" alt=\"Use daylight -- instead of the office lights -- whenever you can\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Set up a recycling station and encourage everyone to recycle their cans, bottles, and paper<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bcf3ab57f8b9aad4a370200-400-300\/set-up-a-recycling-station-and-encourage-everyone-to-recycle-their-cans-bottles-and-paper.jpg\" alt=\"Set up a recycling station and encourage everyone to recycle their cans, bottles, and paper\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10037058@N08\/3696670712\/\">Pylon757<\/a> via Flickr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Now, don&#8217;t miss&#8230;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b3b828d00000000009046ef-400-300\/now-dont-miss.jpg\" alt=\"Now, don't miss...\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~3\/how-to-cut-your-tech-bills-2009-12\" >How To Cut Your Company&#8217;s Tech Bills &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/11-really-simple-ways-to-go-green-at-your-office-and-save-money-too-2010-4#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/LF-rMHaZ-4ETG9VcFG0G7WRXYEw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/LF-rMHaZ-4ETG9VcFG0G7WRXYEw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/LF-rMHaZ-4ETG9VcFG0G7WRXYEw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/LF-rMHaZ-4ETG9VcFG0G7WRXYEw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=bZ3BtqXYUKs:BuFENsI1Vqw:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/bZ3BtqXYUKs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Going green&#8221; is becoming a way of life in many places. Your office doesn&#8217;t need to be an exception. Fortunately, it&#8217;s easy to integrate some simple routines into your workday that will help lessen your impact on the Earth. Bonus: most of them will end up saving you money, too. From switching to non-disposable kitchen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}