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  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…

  Tip – Fit tap/faucet aerators #oneworldchange If you think about how we use taps/faucets, it’s staggering how much of the water we turn on with the twist of flip is then wasted. This is because water usually leaves a tap in one large flow and it is…

  Tip – if you have older style toilets with single flush, fit a hippo. #oneworldchange Whilst water is a relatively abundant resource, it needs conserving and represents a cost to all businesses. A lot of the water used in offices is to flush toilets. Building regulations mean…