How To Setup A Recycling Program For Your Office And Office Buildings

How To Setup A Recycling Program For:

Office And Office Buildings

July, 2008

If you manage office buildings with multiple tenants, you are responsible
for providing tenants with an opportunity to recycle. To establish a
successful recycling program in your office / office building, determine
what type of program will work in your facility.


Materials that should be separated and recycled include:

• Aluminum Cans


• Glass Containers


• Newspaper and Magazines


• Plastic Bottles and Jugs


• Cardboard Boxes (Flattened)

How to make your program a success:

• Assess the waste being collected across your office building.


• Develop recycling programs based on your findings for each area. Be sure to concentrate on areas producing the highest amounts of waste.


• Ensure all containers are located in easy-access areas and are properly marked. Containers with specialized openings (i.e. hole for cans, slot for paper) are critical to maintain clean sorts.


• Educate tenants on proper recycling procedures. This can be easily accomplished through a special event, posters or memo while distributing containers. Explain the goals of the program and procedures. Be sure to provide recycling information to new tenants. Use multiple forms of communication to get the word on recycling out there (i.e. newsletter, flyers, etc.). Remind tenants to keep food waste out of recycling containers and trash. Food waste should be handled separately from trash and recyclables.


• Record the volume of recyclables departing the office building through a log system. With this you will be able to receive accurate compensation for the materials your office building has recovered.


• Once policies have been established, communicate the program to all staff in your office building. Demonstrate how to use each container and where to take all collected materials. Have this staff assist in monitoring the program.

Click 'Shop Now' below for the full line of recycling products

Spiral Notebooks; Plus Freegreencleaners.com

A great way to prevent our ecological conditions from spiraling out of control is Greenofficestore.com’s spiral notebooks.

OK, so maybe the word-play is a little bit of a stretch, but spiral notebooks have now become a necessity to anyone’s office. And like most Greenofficestore.com products they are made of 100 percent post-consumer waste.

Spiral notebooks are on a long list of top products with great deals. This list includes of: Hanging Earthwise Folder, Recycled Paper, Post-it Notes, and Compostable Trash Bags.

Check out these and more at Greenofficestore.com: http://www.greenofficestore.com/web_specials.asp.

Also don’t forget to check out Greenofficestore.com’s new site FreeGreenClearners.com. There you will be able to find such great things as the flagship site, but with great cleaning supplies. So go to FreeGreenCleaners.com.

Enviro Care Cleaning Product Usage Guide

Enviro Care Cleaning Product Usage Guide

Compiled from Rochester Midland Website in PDF Form
June, 2008

For consistent, trouble-free use of all of our Enviro Care products, use Rochester Midland's time-tested procedures. They've put their years of experience at your fingertips for all types of applications, from the best way to clean a restroom to how to refinish a resilient floor. Step by step procedures outline exactly what you need to do to get the cleanest restrooms, dazzling floors or sweet smelling drains.


Click here to download the Enviro Care Cleaning Proceedures Manual

• Floor Deep Scrub For Recoat (Automatic Scrubber)


• Floor Deep Scrub For Recoat (Rotary Floor Machine)


• Floor Cleaning (Automatic Scrubber)


• Floor Damp Mopping


• Floor Gloss Restoratin (Mop Application)


• Floor Gloss Restoratin (Mop Application with Propane Burnishing Machine)


• Synthetic Gym Floor Maintenance


• Terrazzo Floor Maintenance


• Chalkboard Maintenance

• Shower Room Maintenance


• Window / Mirror Cleaning

• Carpet Cleaning (via Water Extraction Method)


• Wall Cleaning

• Shower Room Maintenance


• Whirlpool Bath Maintenance

• Shower Room Maintenance


• Whirlpool Bath Maintenance

See GreenOfficeStore.com's line of Enviro Care Products

Bottles to bags

One of the coolest things I have found while exploring on our site, is the bottle to bag project. Greenofficestore.com has created through Shoreline, a laptop case made entirely out of recycled plastic from water bottles.

Here is what the website had to say about it:

Shoreline's new act2-GreenSmart Laptop Jackets and sleeves are a stylish choice for environmentally sensitive consumers or everyday consumers looking for laptop protection. The fabrics of act2 are made from 100% recycled post consumer water and soda bottles. As described on the hang tag, in the U.S. alone, there are enough of these bottles sent to landfill everyday to fill the Rose Bowl every two weeks. It stands to reason then, that any products that can be made utilizing these wasted bottles will divert more of these petroleum based items from landfill by creating a demand for the recycled resource.

The bags come in toasted almond, black, and storm blue. The outer and inner fabric is made from 100 percent post consumer waste. The bag also weighs less then one pound and has an easy carrying handle. If you want to live an eco-friendly lifestyle, let Greenofficestore.com help you get there with our bottles to bags.

The other papers

When everyone thinks of an overuse of paper they usually think of paper that is barely written on, newspapers not being recycled, or not using both sides of a notebook page.

But paper is more than that. Paper includes tissues. It includes toilet paper. Paper consist of paper towels and napkins. And at Greenofficestore.com you can buy high quality paper that is 100% recycled.

We have high quality facial tissue. Every time you blow your noise you will know that you have helped the environment and reduced the level of paper consumption. Check out eco-friendly facial tissue at http://www.greenofficestore.com/catalog_category_l2.asp?gid=Facial%20Tissues.

Greenofficestore.com has top of the line bathroom tissue, from quality companies like Marcal. Just like that facial tissue it is 100 percent recycled which makes it 100 percent eco-friendly. Check it out: http://www.greenofficestore.com/catalog_category_l2.asp?gid=Bathroom%20Tissue.

Paper towels … one of the most used paper products, is at the top of Greenofficestore.com’s list of great products. Because Greenofficestore.com carries top name vendors like Marcal and Kleenex, you get the quality you expect with the ecologically responsible stance that Greenofficestore.com takes on all of our products. Check out some paper towels: http://www.greenofficestore.com/catalog_category_l2.asp?gid=Paper%20Towels.

So, save money and save the environment. Buy some paper products at Greenofficestore.com today!

Print & Laser Cartridge Facts

www.GreenOfficeStore.com has just begun working with a new supplier for remanufactured printer and laser cartridges.

Keep an eye on our site as we'll be posting an entirely new line of 'green' printer and laser remanufactured toners and cartridges.

In the meantime, they sent us this list of facts regarding ink cartridges and remanufactured cartridges in general. We thought it was interesting reading, so here it is.

We also have a few articles about this topic post on our site on the Article page.

• 160 countries, including all of the other industrialized nations, have signed the UN Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste – except the US

• It is estimated that between 50% and 80% of computer parts, including cartridges, that are collected in the US for recycling are actually dumped in Third World countries in Africa and Asia.

• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle is the desired model for the lifecycle of manufactured products according to the US EPA and the US Department of Energy

• Most laser toner cartridges are rated a seven because they contain mixed resin plastics where only 5% to 10% of the plastic volume can be recycled

• A common myth is that remanufactured products are always inferior in quality to new OEM products

• According to Canon, Co-Inventor of both InkJet and Laser Printers: "Remanufacturing means refurbishing used products to make them equal in quality to new products” – Canon, Inc www.canon.com/environmental/index.html

• In 1997, the US EPA stated that remanufactured products are "as good as new” in its publication,WasteWise

• Both businesses and consumers bought over $2.5 billion of remanufactured print cartridges in 2005

• Another myth is that using a remanufactured or any cartridge other than that of the Original Equipment Manufacturer will void the printer equipment warranty

• The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 specifically states that the warranty may NOT be voided because of the use of aftermarket products – known as the "anti-tying” provision

• "For HP Printer products, the use of a non-HP ink cartridge or a refilled ink cartridge does not affect either the warranty to the customer or any HP Support Contract with the customer” – Hewlett Packard Company, Printer Warranty Statement, March, 2006

Benefits of Buying Sustainable Cartridges

• 20% to 30% savings versus OEM products
• Highly competitive versus other remanufactured products
• Full Exchange Product Warranty
• Coverage for Any Equipment Damage
• Responsible Recycling

GreenOfficeStore.com now on FACEBOOK

Every Facebook Page is a unique experience where people can become more deeply connected with the GreenOfficeStore.com business and brand. Our customers and friends can express their support by adding themselves as a fan, writing on our Wall, uploading photos, and joining other fans in discussion groups. GreenOfficeSotre.com will be able to send updates to our fans regularly — or just with special news or offers. Check it out today!

A "Green" desk

Before you clean up the world, you may want to clean up your desk. With Greenofficestore.com’s long list of desktop organizers and other accessories, there is an easy and cheap solution to that problem.

99 percent of their Pencil Cup, is made from Pre and post-consumer waste. As an added bonus it is only $10.48. The pencil cup has a beautiful mahogany exterior. But the beautiful mahogany products don’t stop there as they also include: Note Holder, Phone Center, Business Card Holder, and Wireless Hutch.

Their book racks are made from 30-70 percent consumer waste. Hot items in this area include: Book Rack, Adjustable Book Rack with 6 Compartments, and Two Tier Book Rack.

What ever you are looking for in the way of desktop supplies, don’t settle for anything less then an environmentally friendly solution. Go green and go to Greenofficestore.com.

The Importance of Eco-friendly office products

With global warming on the rise and population increasing rapidly, the need to live an eco-responsible lifestyle has come to our attention, startlingly.

While many office supply stores can offer you a good product or perhaps a great price, Greenofficestore.com can do both while selling you a product that will be good for the environment and the future of our planet?

Greenofficestore also has a “Giveback policy.” One percent of all purchases, over $50.00, are donated to organization devoted to environmental awareness, sustainability, energy efficient, and other socially responsible issues.

It is important to realize that the environment is all around us. It is the lawn under your feet, the food on our plates, and the air we all breathe. The depletion of our natural resources, destruction of ecosystems and decades of wasteful practices has become issues for us all.

It is important to realize that in buying from Greenofficestore.com, not only our you saving money and getting a quality product, but you are also doing help for the environment.

Cleaning up the Earth, one product at a time

Looking for a great way to keep healthy while keeping the environment healthy?

Greenofficestore.com now has the best of the best in environmentally friendly healthcare supplies. A huge advantage in Greenofficestore.com’s health supplies is they are made from entirely toxic free materials.

There are also first aid supplies, in mail-away containers. Mail-away containers allow the recycling to be done by the company and thus create an ample amount of usage. Nothing helps the environment more then a properly recycled object.

We also have Disinfectant cleaners that are proven effective against Hepatitis B, TB, HIV and a broad range of viruses. They are created with a cavicide refill cycle.

We have lens cleaners that come in a dispenser box with towelettes offering an antistatic, antifog formula. They are both silicone and alcohol-free.

Go Green! For the latest products on healthcare supplies go to Greenofficestore.com’s selection at: http://www.greenofficestore.com/catalog_category.asp?gid=Healthcare%20Supplies.

Yea, Ink Cartridges can help the environment

Why are we supposed to send back toners and ink cartridges to the place were they came from?

Toners and ink cartridges are made entirely out of plastic. To rebuild a plastic toner or cartridge every time we run out of ink would be completely ridiculous. I read this fact on the Greenofficestore.com website:

“A recent Green Report found that 1.6 million pens that can only be used once are used each year in just the United States. The report found that 15-million pounds of polyester transparency films are thrown away in the U.S. annually and that if businesses would remanufacture their ink cartridges, they would be saving about $1.5 billion each year.”

Greenofficestore.com’s goal of helping renew and rejuvenate this world by giving the consumer a number of high quality and eco-friendly office products to choose from, extends to cartridges.

Greenofficestore.com has products for every type of printer. To check out Greenofficestore.com’s list of products go to: http://www.greenofficestore.com/catalog_category.asp?gid=Inkjet%20Supplies.

Go Green! Greenofficestore.com can help you save money and the environment at the same time.

Please join us on June 19 to jumpstart your sustainability efforts.

GreenOfficeStore.com will be exhibiting at Greener Pastures: Jumpstart in Livingston, NJ. Register today at Sustain@A2Xconsulting.com for more information on how to jumpstart your sustainability efforts.

Have you thought about how the trends in sustainability are impacting your business? There is sufficient hype on all things 'green' - but what matters to you?

Please join us on June 19 to jumpstart your sustainability efforts. Greener Pastures: Jumpstart is a unique networking experience, where attendees will have the opportunity to learn from a variety of experts for short time periods.

Jumpstart Roundtable Topics

Energy Procurement
Lighting & Incentives
LEED
Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
Energy Awareness Campaigns
Tactics & Tool
Solar
Sustainability & Real Estate


Location & Time

290 West Mount Pleasant Avenue
Livingston NJ
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Directions to event: http://www.eisenhowercorporatecampus.com/location_directions.html

(Please refer to the website directions as the entrance is on Beaufort Avenue)

Admission Cost: $40.00

Event Format

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Light snacks and networking

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Jumpstart Discussions

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Networking, Q&A, and Food

This is how the event will work:


1. Select a topic of interest.

2. Join a table conversation that will consist of a brief introduction, followed by Q&A.

3. After 20 minutes, rotate to a different table.

4. Repeat 3 more times!

5. We will conclude with a few closing thoughts from the experts.

6. Networking, Q&A, and Food


The goal of ‘Greener Pastures: Jumpstart’ is to make sure you end the evening with practical advice and answers to some of your most pressing issues. By the end of the event, we hope you will have a better understanding of how to make your business more sustainable.


The event is geared towards small and medium-sized companies (15-200 employees), but is relevant to all.
Please check the website frequently for event updates:

http://www.a2xconsulting.com/events.html


To register, please email sustain@A2Xconsulting.com or call Jennifer Krauss at 973-994-7950, ext. 303.

Thank you and we hope to see you on the 19th!

GreenOfficeStore announces launch of FreeGreenCleaners.com

GreenOfficeStore.com offers Free Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products to Internet Users Via FreeGreenCleaners.com Website

Ridgewood, NJ – June 2008 – In an effort to promote our eco-friendly products and brand awareness, GreenOfficeStore.com has announced the launch of a new website, www.FreeGreenCleaners.com.

FreeGreenCleaners.com offers Internet users who have an interest in environmentally friendly cleaning products the opportunity to receive a green cleaning product, free of charge, from www.GreenOfficeStore.com. In exchange for receiving their free green cleaner, users are asked to submit a review of the product to a blog, myspace.com or similar website within 30 days of receiving their free eco-friendly item. The only stipulations are that the review be posted to an ‘appropriate’ website and that it contain two links. One link must point back to www.GreenOfficeStore.com and the other points to the particular eco-friendly cleaner on GreenOfficeStore.com’s website.

“We feel this is a great way to promote sustainable and eco-friendly cleaners while also helping to build brand awareness for www.GreenOfficeStore.com”, says a GreenOfficeStore.com spokesman. “People are becoming increasingly interested in the use of eco-friendly, non-toxic and biodegradable products and safe home cleaners in general. We’re giving them the opportunity to try a variety of green cleaners for free. All we ask is that they post their impressions of the product and link it back to www.GreenOfficeStore.com . It’s a win – win for everyone.”

FreeGreenCleaners.com features the current free green product and also shows users the next two free eco-friendly cleaning items that will be available. Once a registered user posts their review, they become eligible to receive the next free item from www.FreeGreenCleaners.com ’s large selection of sustainable, non-toxic and safe home cleaners.

Pest-free Garbage Bags

Garbage bags don’t have many functions to accomplish, other then storing your garbage cleanly and securely away. A great way to do that is to keep away pest and rodents.

Greenofficestore.com has a product that can keep pest and rodents far from the trash helping to ensure that it doesn't end up dumped all over the street or your yard.

Insect Repellent Trash Bags,30 Gallons, 2ml, 33 inches x 40 inches, Black are Greenofficestore’s newest and most unique trash liners yet.

They are perfect for getting rid of unwanted pests with their fragrant, anti-bacterial Insect Repellent Trash Bags! The bags are a blend of 33 percent recycled LLDPE, 66 percent LDPE and 1 percent all-natural Pest Guard insect repellent additive.

Several years of research have gone into the development of the formula that marries industrial grade plastic bags with an all natural bug repellant.Pest-Guard Bags are a revolutionary new product that has an anti-bacterial anti-bug repellent melted into the plastic liner. The Pest Guard formula is environmentally friendly and non-toxic and is proven to repel bugs, insects, even small pests such as squirrels and birds.

The bags are built with 33% cleaned and recycled waste, and are at our unbeatable low price.

Order now at http://www.greenofficestore.com/results.asp?Keyword=trashbags