Corporate Recycling
- Thermal Paper
- Thermal Paper Rolls
- POS Paper
- Printer Ribbons
- Plotter Paper
- Engineering Paper
- Thermal Fax Paper
- Epson Printer Ribbons
- Okidata Ribbons
- Colored Thermal Paper
Almost every community in the United States has participated in recycling in one form or another. Recycling things like cans, plastic, cardboard and paper keeps them out of already over-crowded landfills and is an easy way for people to help preserve the environment.
But while recycling at home is becoming more standard, recycling in the office has not yet caught on to the same extent. There are many reasons to recycle in the office, especially paper, which is produced by the ton in businesses across the country. In many cases, recycling paper costs a business less than what they have to pay to haul it off to the dump. Recycling can also be a boon for business. Environmental concerns are important to many of your clients or customers and many prefer to deal with companies that have recycling and other environmental protection policies in place.
If your business doesn’t already have a recycling plan in place, it is simple to set one up. Start by listing all of the items that can be recycled in your company. Common recyclables are paper, toner cartridges, packing materials, and cardboard. Paper is likely to make up the bulk of the recyclable materials.
Set up your paper recycling into two streams: paper that needs to be shredded before recycling and paper that does not. Any paper that contains information about the company, including address, financial information or accounting records, should be shredded before being recycled to avoid possible identity theft. All other paper can be recycled directly.
Determine how the paper will be recycled. It’s one thing to collect it together, but how will it get to the recycling facility? You may have to transport it yourself or you may be able to sign up for a pickup service. It will be easier to get everyone in your office on board with the recycling program if the piles don’t build up and become unsightly so be sure that you have the recycling taken out often.
Once you have a plan to recycle the paper and other supplies that come through your company’s door, you can start working on reducing the amount of paper used in the first place. Search for ways to save paper. Perhaps your company can agree on sending out reports and letters digitally within the company so that only those who require a hard copy can print one off. Or you could set up a billing system that bills your clients through email rather than regular mail, saving both paper and postage.
The last step is to make sure that the paper you must use in the business is recycled rather than coming from virgin wood. The quality of recycled paper has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years and an appropriate thickness and style of recycled paper can now be found for almost any application.
Setting up a recycling plan in your company will help the environment and may also improve your company’s image.