Friday 07 March, 2014
How to Start a Recycling Program in Your Office – Part 3
4. Purchase plastic recycling bins. Most offices will probably just need a set of recycling wastebaskets. These units are small and look a lot like the trash bins you are probably already using, but they are usually blue and feature a recycling logo, making their purpose obvious. Set these up next to trash cans and […]
Wednesday 05 March, 2014
How to Start a Recycling Program in Your Office – Part 2
2. Figure out what you need. Every office is different and produces different patterns of waste. You will need to take a tour through your office and take stock of areas where office recycling bins should probably be located. Check which types of materials accumulate as waste in those rooms: cardboard, paper, plastics, and so […]
Monday 03 March, 2014
How to Start a Recycling Program in Your Office – Part 1
Every year according to the EPA, the average office worker in the US uses 10,000 sheets of paper during the course of work. That adds up to 4 million tons of copy paper each and every year. That’s a lot of trees. And a lot of waste. In our electronic era, we don’t need to […]
Friday 28 February, 2014
Green Office Tips – Part 3
• Set up an office recycling solution. You can do this by purchasing a set of office recycling bins. These blue wastebaskets are easily identifiable, and you can place one next to each of your normal trash cans. To encourage people in your office to use them, tape pictograms to the sides of recycling bins […]
Wednesday 26 February, 2014
Green Office Tips – Part 2
• Did you know the average office worker in the US uses 10,000 sheets of paper each year? Avoid printing when you don’t have to, and when you do print, try using both sides of your paper when you can get away with it. Shop for recycled paper too if you can. Encourage people in […]
Monday 24 February, 2014
Green Office Tips – Part 1
Looking for green office tips which will help you to protect the environment in the workplace? The office is one area where you can easily make a difference. It may not feel like much, but it adds up when workplaces around the world make similar efforts. It all has to start somewhere, and it can […]
Friday 21 February, 2014
Go Green – Part 3
By purchasing and using recycling bins, you are helping the environment by making it easier to manufacture more green products like our recycled bins. Trash that has been sorted according to material can be transferred to facilities where it can be reprocessed and given a new function. When you read statistics about the environment and […]
Wednesday 19 February, 2014
Go Green – Part 2
The second category of products we have to offer are recycling bins. One of the simplest and most effective green office tips is to simply put recycling bins next to your normal waste receptacles, and encourage your staff to use them. Our recycling bins, containers and trucks are also ideal for home, retail, and industrial […]
Monday 17 February, 2014
Go Green – Part 1
Over recent years, more and more people have become aware of the environmental challenges which are facing us in the 21st century. You may wonder what you can do to protect the environment. Oftentimes, though, it is the smallest things which make a difference on a global scale, especially if everyone does them. While you […]
Friday 14 February, 2014
Space Saving Ideas for Storage – Part 3
You may think that it is a lot to invest into organizing your self storage unit, but really, there are many advantages to replacing your outmoded cardboard boxes with clear plastic bins. You will be grateful for your decision when it comes time to carry those bins. And when you come back to your unit […]
Wednesday 12 February, 2014
Space Saving Ideas for Storage – Part 2
So what should you use to organize self storage? If you don’t want to spend any money at all, there is always the cardboard box solution. But cardboard boxes have some limitations. They are not particularly sturdy, they can fall apart while you are carrying them, and they can also be easily crushed. Since they […]
Monday 10 February, 2014
Space Saving Ideas for Storage – Part 1
If you are putting things in storage, you are already in a situation where you are out of space in your principle residence. But that does not mean you should not be searching for a way to save space even in your storage unit. Those units seem a lot smaller as you start piling your […]
Friday 07 February, 2014
Organize Your Mudroom – Part 3
• Come up with some kind of cubby system for different supplies. You can try organizing them according to the type of supplies or you can sort them according to whose stuff they are. For example, you could purchase a set of plastic storage bins and label them with “pool gear,” “baseball equipment,” “tennis equipment,” […]
Wednesday 05 February, 2014
Organize Your Mudroom – Part 2
• Install coat hooks directly on your wall to hang jackets, coats, capes, and other warm weather gear. Make sure you do not place the hooks so high that children cannot reach them, or you will just find more coats strewn on the floor. • Install similar hooks for hats. You can also put up […]
Monday 03 February, 2014
Organize Your Mudroom – Part 1
If your house has a mudroom, then you know how frustrating that part of the house can be. There’s a reason it’s called a mudroom—people tend to track dirt inside. Glad to be home, they eagerly throw off their socks, shoes and coats, drop their bags, and rush inside the house, leaving the entryway a […]
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