Sustainable Office Supplies Help Businesses Go Green

Pens, cartridges and fasteners join green recycled paper and recycle containers as items that allow green businesses to be environmentally friendly.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Using environmentally green recycled paper has become common, but there are plenty of other procedures offices can follow to help reduce their carbon footprint. And many of them often make good business sense.

Going green with recycled paper and recycle containers helps take care of waste products, but using sustainable office supplies can actually help prevent waste, which arguably has an even bigger event on the environment.

Studies have found that as much as 10 percent of all landfill waste comes from office supplies. Not all used pens and staplers can simply be tossed into recycle containers.

Limiting waste begins with purchasing only the amount of sustainable office supplies that are necessary. While buying in bulk may seem cost effective now, remember that every day more and more green and recycled products are being introduced. If purchasers are buying a product that doesn't have a green version, buying a limited amount may allow enough time for a green version of that product to be produced.

The next time an order is placed purchasers can look for sustainable office supplies that are made from products that have been recycled. Containers are often a cost-effective place to start.

When looking for other products, remember that while some products may be easily labeled - i.e. green recycled paper - the phrase "post-consumer" is also becoming fashionable for identifying green products.

Some common sustainable office supplies include pens, highlighters, toner cartridges, and - believe it or not - stapleless staplers. When purchasing pens, look for bodies that are made from wood or biodegradable corn. Such pens often allow for refillable ink, which saves users from tossing them in the recycle containers the first time the ink runs dry.

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Many ink cartridges for printers and copiers are also refillable, pushing them to the top of the list of sustainable office supplies. Stapleless staplers work by making small cuts in stacks of paper that cause them to bind. And those looking for a paper clip to bind their green recycled paper should look for clips made from recycled metals.

The growing number of retailers currently selling green office products is making the choice to build an environmentally friendly office even easier. And the abundance of outlets selling environmentally-friendly sustainable office supplies continues to increase.

With internet retailers becoming as reliable as those outlets with physical storefronts, the most cost effective solutions for green offices are often found via the computer.