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  Recycling alone does not protect the environment – in fact, relying on recycling is actually quite contradictory and detrimental to the environment. Many people think, “I recycle. I do my part. Good enough.” This is a naïve way of thinking and there is so much more that can be…

  Tip –When you have analysed, mitigated and reduced your carbon footprint, offsetting can be a useful way of going that last mile to become carbon neutral. Carbon offsetting programmes have taken a bit of a bashing in the last few years because their rapid rise to popularity attracted the…

  Tip – You can reduce the amount of pages you print by 30% by introducing a ‘follow me’ or ‘pull printing’ solution. The reason that these schemes can have such a dramatic impact on the amount of paper printed is that they prevent unwanted prints being made.

  Tip – done correctly an efficient office recycling scheme can result in zero being sent to landfill. #oneworldchange The waste we produce as a species is staggering. A feature of our capacity to produce and create ever more ‘stuff’ for us all to consume is the mountain…

  Tip – Measure of the carbon footprint of your business. #OneWorldChange Talk about environmental efficiency and carbon reduction is all a bit meaningless if you don’t have a measure of the carbon footprint of your business to put it all in context. Knowing the carbon footprint of…

  Tip – Its difficult to improve the overall environmental performance of your business without a policy, #One WorldChange. Before you say it, there are actually a huge number of businesses that do not have an environmental policy actually written down. Not only does it make good business…

  Tip – measure the power wastage in your office to identify the largest power wasters.#OneWorldChange If you make a point of visiting your office after hours you may be surprised to see so many computers and monitors left on. This sort of small but cumulative power waste…

  Tip – Fit motion sensors to your lights to keep an EYE on your power. #OneWorldChange Many modern lighting units have built in motion sensors so that whilst they deactivate after a period where there is no motion, they can immediately reactivate as soon as movement is detected.

  Tip – Get any landfill waste from your business sent to energy from waste incinerators #OneWorldChange Most companies recycle their waste to some extent because of waste regulations but when all the cardboard, paper, plastic and glass has been reclaimed, what about the significant ‘other’ that is…

  Tip – Replace inefficient halogen & incandescent bulbs for low enegy LED and fluorescent. #oneworldchange In many cases you don’t have to completely redo your lighting system if you want to benefit from the wide availability of energy efficient fluorescent tubes and most recently, the commercial production…