Offices and waste: what to reduce and how
How can waste in the office be avoided? This is the million dollar question to which all entrepreneurs and company owners would like to find an answer. So here is a list of practical tips to follow each day in the workplace: useful suggestions which will enable you to save money by cutting costs.
The first step towards reducing spending in the office is to pay great attention to the smaller details: if, for example, we consider how much paper is used needlessly, we realise immediately that a lot of waste is directly related to workers’ bad habits.
Let us bear in mind that every sheet of paper has a front and a back. If we use the front to print on, we can use the back for making notes. Toner must not be used without restraint either and in order to do so it is sufficient to choose the black and white option and use fonts which require less ink and keep pictures small.
A similar principle can be applied to power consumption: in summer, we should make as much use as possible of natural light from outside and in winter we should choose light sources with several points of illumination rather than a single point (in the first case we can keep just the light bulbs we really need on, while in the second case we can’t).
In order to avoid waste in the office we must also pay attention to the use of heating and radiators. The latter in fact, should be kept un-encumbered so as to allow more constant and homogeneous heat diffusion. Furthermore, it is better to avoid curtains so as to the rooms may be warmed by sunlight.
Moving on to purchases, anyone wishing to reduce office spending should all stationery products, but also furniture, online. On the net in fact, as well as a wider choice, there are some decidedly more competitive prices compared to those of the average shop.
In addition to all this, we suggest the choice of assembled computers and re-conditioned devices which usually cost less. Then we suggest that you look around for offers and advantageous promotions regarding the bills (telephone contracts, electricity, water and gas, internet providers etc.).
Translated by Joanne Beckwith
